Climate campaigners pull up Sitka spruce on Coillte plantation
Up to 150 climate campaigners have pulled up Sitka spruce on a Coillte plantation in Leitrim. The protest took place as part of a Climate Camp, that was run for five days in Manorhamilton last week by a number of local climate action groups. More than 230,000 hectares of peatland…
Climate camp in Leitrim to highlight environmental concerns
A Leitrim based environmentalist says the staging of the annual Slí Eile climate camp in Leitrim this year will afford the North West region to air concerns over many environmental issues. It’s understood that raising awareness to the possibility of gold mining in parts of Leitrim, the construction of…