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Alpha Environmental today announced it has expanded it's presence in the Republic of Ireland and has opened an office in Mallow, County Cork.

The new office, located at Clyda Business Park builds on the company's presence in the Irish remediation market, having first began operation in Dublin in 1999. 

Gerard McDaid, Sales and Marketing Director commented that "the Irish market has always been a key market for Alpha Environmental and expanding and deepening our ten year presence in the country will be key to ensuring we take advantage of the many opportunities presented."

Alpha Environmental's new office will be operated by Seamus O'Brien and will provide the full suite of services offered by both the Coleraine and Dublin offices.

Between the 17th to the 19th June, Alpha Environmental were proudly attending the yearly Chem-Dry Convention, this year held at The Royal York Hotel in York.

The convention which was open to Chem-Dry, it's franchisee's and suppliers gave Alpha Environmental the opportunity to demonstrate how we effectively work with Chem-Dry, with the company being Chem-Dry's preferred contractor to deal with any oil - spill clean - up and remediation that may be required.

The three day event was a tremendous success and the company would like to extend it's thanks to Chem-Dry for providing the opportunity to attend the event and look forward to the possibility of attending the next convention in 2010.

Last week the European Environment Council failed to reach agreement on the EU Soil Framework Directive, part of the wider EU Soil Thermatic Strategy. 

The directive, which has been in discussion for over two years was taken off the agenda as a result of a blocking minority opposed to the Directive made up of the UK, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands. 

John Hontelez, Director of the European Environmental Bureau, commented how the "soil directive is an important part of efforts to protect biodiversity and to help with climate change."  A spokesman from the UK however said that the plans would be costly, difficult to adminster and hard to implement.

The directive is applicable to the contaminated land remediation industry due to one of it's key points requiring the establishment of public inventories of the contaminated sites within the EU and the need for Member States to draw up alternative remediation strategies that will protect and preserve the soil.  A diverse range of sites have been identified including airports, ports, former military sites, petrol filling stations and landfills. 

Criticism to this particular policy from the UK stems from how the country already has directives in place to deal with contaminated soils through policies such as the Contaminated Land Regime. 

The Commission is expected to continue with the implementation of the proposal believing that the EU has a role to play in the monitoring of soil.

Alpha Environmental has made a new appointment to it's Board of Directors.

Dr Alan McClure OBE, CEO and Chairman, commented:

"I am pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Calow as the company's Financial Director.

This new role within Alpha Environmental will strengthen the financial and strategic reporting in the company.  In this difficult business environment, Stephen will provide leadership in all these aspects of the company."