In recent weeks, officials from the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment have been in talks with the owners of Tara Mines. The mine was cash-flow negative as a result of a decline in the price of zinc, high energy prices, and general cost inflation. As such, as one of the largest employers in Co Meath, it engaged with the government prior to making any decision about its future. Indeed, the enterprise minister Simon Coveney was scheduled to meet with the company in the coming days. “We have been speaking with Tara Mines in recent weeks and I was due…

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