THE importance of copper mining to Wales has rather faded from view - the world has a lot of it and these days, other places can extract it more cheaply than we can - but in its heyday, it was a major industry on a par with coal and slate. Much of the copper that was ever mined has been recycled and is still in use - and new ore is now extracted from huge open-cast mines in the USA, Chile, Peru, Russia and Zambia.
NOW if there was ever a Dublin club whose reputation precedes it, it is Harcourt Street's Copper Face Jacks. Even the Lonely Planet has gotten wind of the idea that it is a Mecca of sorts for off- duty nurses and policemen. 'Don't let the presence of the law put you off though,' reads its Dublin guide. 'From what we've heard, they're the biggest miscreants of the lot, especially if there are nurses about!' On Friday night, the club celebrated the opening of its VIP area, a place where the chosen few can unwind away from the hoi polloi. I have never darkened the doorstep of Copper Face Jacks before, for a number of reasons. Firstly, the opportunity has never presented itself, Your Honour. I always seem to be somewhere else when the Coppers fun is ongoing. Apart from anything else, much h...
A GAS leak caused by thieves stealing copper piping from the side of a house could have had deadly consequences, say angry residents. Laura Crowson, who lives at Ringmore Way, West Park, discovered the 15 metres of copper pipes had been stolen from her home on Sunday morning.
HOUSEHOLDERS across the North East are being put at risk of exploding televisions, fridges and lights by copper thieves, police warned last night. They fear a similar scenario to an occurrence in Hull, Humberside, in March when thieves caused a massive electricity surge in hundreds of homes by taking copper piping from a substation.
COPPER thieves have cost companies more than EUR1million as they try to cash in on soaring scrap prices. A new report by the ESB Networks Division reveals raiders nabbed EUR1millionworth over 12 months following 236 raids on electricity sub-stations.
RAIL chiefs demanded a crackdown on copper thieves today after tens of thousands of commuters suffered travel chaos. Criminals stole copper signalling cable at London Bridge overnight. Southern Rail and First Capital Connect had to cancel and divert trains, with long delays getting into the capital.
By MELISSA THOMPSON TWO brothers who left their friend to die after he was electrocuted while stealing copper cable have been jailed. Father-of-two James Smith, 28, was killed as he cut the cable after breaking into a rail substation with Jason and John Tusting last December.
ORGANISED gangs of copper thieves have cost Metro bosses pounds 300,000 in the past seven months. The figure came to light after thousands of rush-hour workers faced commuter chaos when criminals stole valuable copper cable from a Metro sub station yesterday.
TWO brothers who left their friend to die after he was electrocuted while stealing copper cable have been jailed. Father-of-two James Smith, 28, was killed as he cut the cable after breaking into a rail substation with Jason and John Tusting last December.
By MELISSA THOMPSON TWO brothers who left their friend to die after he was electrocuted while stealing copper cable have been jailed. Father-of-two James Smith, 28, was killed as he cut the cable after breaking into a rail substation with Jason and John Tusting last December.
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