Irish Steel

Irish Steel Limited
	Irish Steel logo, as used in the 1960s and 1970s. The motto is Irish for "[There is] no strength without steel."
Trade name	Irish Steel
Native name	Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta
Company type	Semi-state company
Industry	Steel production
Founded	1939
Defunct	2001
Successor	Irish Ispat
Headquarters	Haulbowline, Cork Harbour, Ireland
Products	Sheet steel; Tinplate;
Owners	Private owner (1939–47); Irish government (1947–96); Ispat International (1996–2001);
Number of employees	450 (2001)

Irish Steel Limited (Irish: Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta), later known as Irish Ispat Limited, was an Irish semi-state company which was involved in steel production primarily from a plant on Haulbowline island in Cork Harbour. Originally founded in 1939, the company and its assets were sold to Ispat International (for IR£1) in 1996. The company and its plant closed down in 2001.

Dumping of production materials, including toxic waste, resulted in significant contamination of the Irish Steel plant site, and increased the size of Haulbowline island by 9 hectares (22 acres). Campaigners, including Erin Brockovich, pushed for action by the state, and €61m was allocated to clean-up the site and to redevelop it as a park. The cleanup and redevelopment project lasted upwards of a decade; from 2011 to 2021.

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