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Anti-mining group to boycott government town hall event

An Ireland-wide network of communities resisting mining intends to boycott a town hall event being held by the Government on its Consultation on the Draft Policy Statement on Mineral Exploration and Mining in Ireland. Communities Against the ...

15 Oct 2021 at 19:15

Local News

Inishowen opposition to Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

As part of its ongoing campaign of opposition to gold mining and prospecting in the peninsula, the environmental group 'Save Inishowen from Gold Mining' has made a submission to the EU Affairs Committee of the Oireachtas. The EU Affairs ...

05 May 2021 at 14:45

Local News

Blue Stack communities vow to stand up to gold mining

Resistance to any plans to prospect or mine for gold in Donegal will be mobilised to the fullest in 2021. That was the message this week from the group situated in and around the Blue Stack mountains who have already been campaigning ...

30 Dec 2020 at 21:30

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Donegal campaigners supporting north Leitrim opposition to mining licence

Donegal campaigners are among those due to attend a demonstration against the granting of a prospecting licence for minerals, including gold and silver, in north Leitrim. Local group Treasure Leitrim will be leading a demonstration ...

27 Nov 2021 at 16:45

Local News

Donegal communities fear potential gold mine would 'devastate the environment and people's health'

A rural Donegal community has said an emphatic no to any proposals that would involve prospecting or mining for gold in its area. Residents in and around the Donegal town area voiced major concerns after during a meeting, which ...

20 Feb 2020 at 09:30

Local News

Inishowen gold prospecting work ‘two years behind’

The company which has been granted renewed licences for prospecting for gold in Inishowen says it is two years behind in its work in the peninsula. Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan renewed the licences in April for Arkle ...

10 Aug 2022 at 18:19

Local News

Donegal encouraged to reject gold mining

The Inishowen environmental group campaigning against the renewal of the gold prospecting licence of Arkle Resources Limited, formerly known as Connemara Mining, is asking the public to lodge its objections. 'Save ...

07 May 2021 at 15:30

Local News

Public meeting to air concerns about proposed gold mining in Donegal

People Before Profit Donegal and Tyrone branches are hosting a joint public meeting via Zoom, tonight, Wednesday, February 24 at 7pm on environmentally destructive mining plans in the North West region. Posing ...

24 Feb 2021 at 09:30

National News

Clearing mines a ‘massive’ problem in Ukraine, Irish expert says

Ireland should be increasing support for a UN agency training mine clearance specialists in Ukraine, according to an Irish expert. David McMahon, head of the mine action unit at the United Nations Office for ...

05 Sept 2024 at 11:13

Northern Ireland

Mayan people’s battle with big companies for land ‘like fighting a monster’

The Mayan people’s struggle to keep their ancestral land has been described as “the fourth conquest” and like “fighting a monster”. The indigenous community has been through continuous displacement, ...

09 Mar 2025 at 17:09

Local News

Growing community opposition to Inishowen gold prospecting

There is growing community opposition to the gold prospecting currently taking place in the Glentogher / Meeneragh area of Inishowen. The site, which lies between Quigley's Point and Carndonagh, is ...

25 Feb 2021 at 11:30

National News

Public inquiry gets underway on controversial plan for gold mine in protected area

Canadian mining company Dalradian have faced considerable opposition to an application they submitted to build a gold mine in a protect area of Co. Tyrone. Dalradian has applied to extract 3.5 ...

13 Jan 2025 at 14:39

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