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Dec 11, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Liam Byrne |Thomas Kavanagh |Emily Pennink
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A serving prisoner has admitted his part in a plot to amass an arms cache to help the UK boss of the Kinahan organised crime gang. On Wednesday, Peter Keating, 43, from the Republic of Ireland, admitted two charges of conspiracy to possess a firearm and two offences of plotting to possess ammunition.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
irishmirror.ie | Cathal RyanReporter |Thomas Kavanagh |Cathal Ryan
A man and woman have been arrested after Gardaí seized cannabis worth almost €90,000 during the search of a grow house in Monaghan. Authorities made the arrest and seizure of cannabis plants and dried herbal cannabis worth an estimated €88,000 during the search of a residence under warrant in Castleblayney on Tuesday.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
irishmirror.ie | Brendan Furlong |Thomas Kavanagh
Four men have appeared in court in connection with a seizure of 100 kilos of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €7m. Gorey District Court heard that the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau arrested the four men after the discovery at a farmyard in Knockadock, Kilmuckridge, Co Wexford, on Monday. The four men appeared before Judge John Cheatle with each accused being dealt with on an individual basis.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Simon Hill |Greg Ryan |Thomas Kavanagh
ABSTRACTPurpose/rationale To examine the implementation of a gender quota requirement for boards, introduced by Sport NZ in 2018, on local cricket governance in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach An open-ended qualitative survey to local board members, face-to-face interviews with management and key stakeholders, and examination of organisational documentation.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
thesun.ie | Thomas Kavanagh |Emma Mooney
A SINN Fein councillor has resigned from the party after he claims he was "silenced" by fellow members on the migration crisis and recent referendums. Laois county councillor Aidan Mullins, who was elected in 2014, announced he would resign after being told that he would be suspended from Sinn Fein for three months. The Portarlington-based politician said he had been grappling with the decision for the last 12 months as he felt he was being "silenced".
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Thomas Kavanagh
US-based battery technology company GDI has launched and tested a battery containing a 100pc silicon anode, in a first step towards non-graphite anodes for the industry. Third-party tests of the new anode material in battery company Navitas' cells confirmed an increase in energy density of over 30pc with no change to any of the other components such as the electrolyte and cathode active material.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Thomas Kavanagh
China is a key partner to the west, but also a fierce rival, as the west looks to mine and refine the metals needed to transition to a net zero economy, mining executives told delegates at the FT Mining Summit in London today. The heads of global mining firms warned that China controls key critical materials and is willing to exert a "strong influence" over these markets, while recognising that the country's expertise in mining and refining will be needed to build out western supply chains.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Thomas Kavanagh
New battery chemistries such as sodium-ion and solid-state lithium batteries could dominate the European battery industry by 2040, because of their lower-cost input materials and the sustainability of new chemistry types, according to a new report by the UK's Faraday Institute (FI). Under a "next-generation breakthrough" scenario, these new battery technologies would appear in 2027 and reach about a 50pc market share by 2040.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Thomas Kavanagh
An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 31 July 2023 The UK's first large-scale lithium refinery being developed by Green Lithium has received planning permission for its site in Teesside, a major milestone for the UK's ambitions to produce battery metals. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council granted permissions for the new refinery on the coastline of Middlesbrough at PD Ports.
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Thomas Kavanagh
An error has occured. The article you are searching for was not found. Published date: 30 June 2023 The price spread between chemical and alloy-grade cobalt metal has widened in Rotterdam in the past week, with both markets on the rise but alloy grade registering a particularly steep jump on strong demand and tightened availability of non-Chinese material.
