The Tynagh mines site in County Galway is also heavily polluted and no one has taken responsibility for it. A recent EPA report indicated high levels of contamination at the site and the risks of contamination of water and drainage from the area as well as the pollution of adjoining lands. No one has taken responsibility because the company which operated the mine began its operations in pre-planning days. The company got what it wanted out of the mine and abandoned it. We now have a sore on the landscape for which no one will take responsibility. It is incredible that this situation, along with others, is allowed in 2003.