Local TD’s urged to honour fracking commitments
The TD’s in the Sligo/ Leitrim Constituency are being called on to take action to combat the moves by the Shannon LNG which aims to secure planning permission to build a Facility on the Shannon that will include a LNG terminals. The government had previously promised to implement policy…
Love Leitrim movement welcome decision to ban fracked gas
The decision to ban the importation of fracked GAS through LNP import terminals in the Programme for Government will set Ireland on course to become a Global Climate Leader. That’s according to the Love Leitrim movement. They say that with Ireland having already banned fracking in 2017, refusing…
After successful anti-fracking campaign, a renewed attention to combatting forestry
People in Leitrim hope that the forestry issue in the county can be dealt with in the same way as fracking was defeated. That’s according to Eddie Mitchell, who is the Environmental Chairperson of the IFA in Leitrim as well as a member of the Love Leitrim campaign. He says…
Anti-fracking campaigners say it’s time to ‘move on’ with Deputy McLoughlin’s bill
An anti-fracking group says it’s now time to move ahead with a Sligo/Leitrim TD’s Bill that would ban the controversial gas extraction method. That’s one of the messages that will be delivered this afternoon during a press conference in Dublin. It’s being organised by Love Leitrim, Friends of the Earth…
CDM Smith insists it has ‘no agenda’ on fracking
CDM Smith has defended its role in carrying out the research on the report on fracking. The company says it’s a large international consultancy that focuses on the environment and denies it has any agenda on fracking. The report finds that fracking could feasibly go ahead on the island of…
Love Leitrim spokesman says ‘nothing new’ in EPA report
A spokesman for the anti-fracking group Love Leitrim says the EPA report on fracking in Ireland is really about how to frack rather than having a focus on public health, which his group, and people in Leitrim, wanted. Eddie Mitchell says the report acknowledges some of the risks with fracking…