6 July 2022 Over recent months, local opposition has been building against possible mineral prospecting in east Clare. Resistance in East Clare Opposition was largely spurred on by the publication of a prospecting licence, granted to the mining company Minco Ltd. for the Tulla area of Co. Clare, as Read more…
21 August 2021 “Ireland is not for sale” was the rallying cry from demonstrators as they protested against a proposed mine in Northern Ireland last Saturday. Hundreds of people from all ages walked from the GPO to the Dáil to deliver a letter to the Irish Government, and convey Read more…
July 12th, 2019 An Taisce has called on the Department for Climate Action to protect Connemara’s natural amenities by re-evaluating its intention to issue a licence for mineral exploration in Co Galway to a Canadian company. The Department has said that it “intends” to grant a licence to Ontario-based firm Read more…
July 4th, 2019 A Green Party politician has urged the State to protect Connemara National Park by refusing to issue a licence for mineral exploration in Co Galway to a Canadian company. The Department for Climate Action has said that it “intends” to grant a licence to Ontario-based firm MOAG Read more…
December 21st, 2018 A new nine-metre sinkhole has been found in Co Monaghan close to where a 100-meter sized sinkhole opened up September. The hole was found on land owned by Gyproc, an Irish plaster and plasterboard manufacturer that owns the disused Drumgossatt mine underneath that area of land. Yesterday evening, Monaghan County Council Read more…