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Opposition to mining in Clare grows as licensing looms

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…

By admin, 9 monthsJuly 6, 2022 ago
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“We will stop this toxic industry”: Protesters march against mining

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…

By admin, 2 yearsAugust 23, 2021 ago
Connemara National Park Photo: Sabine Holzmann
Biodiversity

State should reevaluate plans to grant Galway mineral exploration licence

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…

By Shamim Malekmian, 4 yearsJuly 12, 2019 ago
Connemara National Park Photo: Sabine Holzmann
News

State urged to refuse mineral exploration close to Connemara National Park

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…

By Shamim Malekmian, 4 yearsJuly 4, 2019 ago
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Energy

New sinkhole discovered in Co Monaghan

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…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsDecember 21, 2018 ago
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