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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Russian authorities accept blame for massive oil spillage

Admiral Nikolai KuznetsovThe Russian naval authorities have accepted responsibility for an oil spill off the Irish coast as authorities here prepare to discuss contingency plans if the slick should come ashore.

For the past week, an international monitoring operation has continued after 300 tonnes of oil were spilled into the sea about 40 miles off the south coast as two Russian vessels, the aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov' and the 'Admiral Chabanenko' destroyer were refuelling.

Department of Transport officials will tomorrow meet local authorities in Waterford and Wexford to discuss contingency plans in the "unlikely event" the oil is washed ashore, a spokesman said yesterday.

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