Fracking report due out this afternoon
The first report on fracking in Ireland by the Environmental Protection Agency is due to be released later this afternoon. The research is expected to examine the potential impacts of fracking in Ireland, and comes one month after the Dáil unanimously accepted the principle of banning fracking in the country.…
Love Leitrim welcomes anti-fracking Bill
Love Leitrim campaigners are welcoming the passing to committee stage of an anti-fracking bill put forward in the Dail yesterday. The bill put forward by Sligo Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin calls for the ‘prohibition of the exploration and extraction of petroleum from shale rock, tight sands and coal…
Sligo/Leitrim TD’s fracking bill passes first stage in Dail Eireann
The Minister for Communications, Clime Action and the Environment says there is no agenda on the part of the government to pursue Fracking. Denis Naughten made the comments after a bill to ban fracking in Ireland received cross party support in the dail chamber yesterday evening. The private members motion…
Dail discussion on fracking Bill today
A Sligo/Leitrim TD’s bill to ban fracking will be debated in the Dail today. But this does not mean the controversial gas extraction method will be outlawed any time soon. That’s because the government has proposed an amendment which will mean the passage of Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin’s bill…
Fracking: Minister won’t make any decision until after EPA report
The Minister for Communications and Natural Resources says he will await the publication of a report from the Environmental Protection Agency before considering any new legislation on fracking. Minister Denis Naughten says the report from the first phase of the study on fracking in Ireland should be complete by the…
Anti-frackers want total ban, both North and South
Anti-fracking campaigners are calling for governments in both North and South of Ireland to pass legislation that would totally prevent the fracking industry exploring for or extracting oil or gas from the earth in either jurisdiction. The call has come after anti-fracking groups took their case to Stormont in Northern…
Good Energies Alliance: Any future fracking studies need to focus on health
The Good Energies Alliance says it’s ‘unlikely’ a second phase of a fracking study will be carried out and that any future reports should examine the health implications of the process. Dr. Aideen McLoughlin a spokesperson for the Alliance which opposes fracking says they welcome the fact that the study…