Treasure Leitrim representative expects tough campaign to remove the prospecting licenses
A year has passed since Minister Eamon Ryan issued prospecting licenses for 47 townlands in Leitrim. The decision to award these licenses was met with great concern both by the communities affected and by Leitrim County Council, but the prospecting licences were issued by Minister Ryan regardless. Speaking…
Treasure Leitrim deciding its next moves after Minister’s decision on prospecting
A Leitrim group campaigning against prospecting in the county says it’s working on a number of options it hopes to take in the aftermath of the decision by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan, to issue prospecting licences to a mining company for 47…
Leitrim anti-mining group heading for Tyrone site on Sunday
A group from Leitrim is planning to travel to a mining site in Tyrone this Sunday to tell a company that’s seeking a prospecting licence for gold in Leitrim that it’s not welcome in the county. The group Treasure Leitrim says the trip is in solidarity with people in Cavanacaw…
Climate change demonstrations taking place in Sligo and Leitrim
Events are taking place in Sligo and Leitrim today with the aim of raising awareness around climate change. A demonstration is getting underway from 12pm at Wine Street Car Park in Sligo and members of Treasure Leitrim are meeting for a socially distanced event at Manorhamilton Castle from 3pm. Jamie…