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// Sides to pay costs in nuclear dispute

The High Court has decided both sides should bear their own costs in a long-running dispute between a group of Louth residents and the Government over a challenge to a British nuclear plant.In 1994, Constance Shortt, Mary Kavanagh, Mark Dearey and Ollan Herr took an action claiming the Government was negligent in not objecting to the development of the Thorp reprocessing plant on the Sellafield site before 1994.

The plaintiffs sought costs from the State on grounds the proceedings were to advance the public interest. The State did not seek its costs against the plaintiffs.
    * 1 Dec 2010
    * The Irish Times