In light of the Foot and Mouth and after discussions with the MHTI
committee, NAMHO and the Department of Agriculture we have decided to cancel
the NAMHO 2001 event.
The proposed venue and all access to land containing animals (includes most
mine sites in Ireland) are closed at the moment. The Department of
Agriculture in Ireland has indicated that restrictions will stay in place
until at least 30 days after the last UK case of FMD. This would make it
impossible to organise let alone opertate the NAMHO conference.
The Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland very much regets to have taken this
step, but felt that an early cancellation would remove the unecertainity
before any travel bookings have been made.
The MHTI would welcome the chance to organise the NAMHO field meet in
Ireland at some future date (2003?)
Martin Critchley
Chairman, Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland
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Dr. Martin Critchley, ERA-Maptec Ltd, 36 Dame Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel. +353-1-6799798 Fax. +353-1-6799798
Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.era.ie
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