Government expected to sign off on fracked gas terminal in Shannon estuary this Friday
The Irish Government are expected to sign off on a proposed fracked gas terminal in the Shannon estuary as a priority development on Friday next. It’s a move that has angered many anti-fracking groups right across the country including various groups opposed to fracking here in the north west. It’s…
Deadline for submissions to oppose fracking plans extended
The deadline for submissions opposing plans for fracking to be carried out close to the Fermanagh/Leitrim border has been extended. The Department of the Economy in the north has announced the deadline will be pushed back until July 31st. Up to now there has been over 1500 online submissions made…
McLoughlin says signing of fracking Bill is an historic event
A Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD says the signing of his anti-fracking Bill into law by President Michael D Higgins is an historic event that will have benefits long into the future. The Bill, brought forward by Deputy Tony McLoughlin, bans onshore fracking in the Republic of Ireland. It’s the culmination…
Joy in the northwest as fracking bill passes final stage in the Seanad
Anti-fracking campaigners are celebrating after the bill which bans the practice of fracking in Ireland passed its final stage in the Seanad this evening. The document, which was drafted by Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin was passed in the Dáil in late May. It came to its final stage…
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…
Farmers welcome passage of anti-fracking bill
Farmers in County Leitrim are welcoming this week’s fracking bill by Sligo Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin, which was passed unanimously in the Dail yesterday. Many farmers in the region joined the many protests and rally which have taken place on a number of occasion since the potential of fracking became…
Anti-fracking campaigners worldwide look to see how a Sligo TD’s bill led to a historic ban on fracking
Anti-fracking campaigners in countries around the world are now looking at Ireland after yesterday’s passage of Sligo/Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin’s Bill in the Dail. That’s according to Dr Aideen McLoughlin, of the group Good Energies Alliance, who says what happened yesterday in the Dail is already attracting attention from various…