Template:Did you know nominations/Irish Steel

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:41, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Irish Steel

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• ... that, twenty years after selling the Irish Steel plant for £1, the Irish government had budgeted €61m to clean up the plant's former site? Source: "New name as Irish Steel sold for £1" (Irish Times; 1996), "€61m for Haulbowline 'not enough' to convert old steel plant to public amenity" (Irish Examiner; 2016)
  • ALT1:... that dumping of waste at the Irish Steel plant on Haulbowline island increased the island's size by at least 9 hectares? Source: "The East Tip is an area of land, approximately 9 hectares in size, reclaimed from the sea by infilling with waste and by-products from the former Ispat steelworks" (Environmental Protection Agency; 2013), "{The} East Tip {..} is a bare expanse area of reclaimed land on the east side of Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour {..} given as nine hectares {..} formed from waste from the steelworks (An Bord Pleanála; 2014)
  • ALT2:... that contamination at the former Irish Steel plant on Haulbowline island led environmental campaigners, including Erin Brokovich, to call for a cleanup? Source: Campaign star Erin falls ill on Irish visit (Evening Herald; 2008), "campaigner Erin Brokovich was among those who called for the site to be cleaned" (Irish Examiner; 2018)

• Reviewed: HMS Sherwood (shore establishment)

Created by Guliolopez (talk). Self-nominated at 20:13, 7 June 2021 (UTC).

• Y Article is long enough (6221 characters), new enough (created 3 June, nominated 7 June), and article is within policy
• Y All the hooks are short enough, interesting and well cited. I prefer ALT0 or ALT1, as ALT2 only works well if people know who Erin Brokovich is (which I didn't know off-hand)
• Y QPQ done
• Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:00, 14 June 2021 (UTC)