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galway / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday August 02, 2006 - 21:49 by TD
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For the third day running, with unattenuated anger and horror at the Qana massacre, activists were outside Lynch's castle for five hours duration to vent our outrage against the Israel's ongoing vicious blitzkrieg and to support the beleaguered Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment Wednesday August 02, 2006 - 15:07 by Quentin Gargan
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At the High Court on Monday 31st July, members of Bantry Concerned Action Group were about to issue proceedings under section 160 of the Planning Act against the ESB, arguing that the powerline proposed in Bantry is currently an unauthorised development. The proceedings were providing a welcome respite for protesters to so far have successfully blocked the ESB from continuing work along the route of the powerline. Farmers along the route assisted by members from the Solidarity Camp had successfully blocked numerous efforts by the ESB to off-load poles, bring diggers on-site etc. The exercise, according to the ESB, cost them €15,000 each day, with virtually no results for all their efforts. At time of writing, all machinery and equipment has been removed from the area. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment Wednesday August 02, 2006 - 14:29 by Quentin Gargan
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Over 300 farmers from as far apart as Malin Head in Donegal and Wexford assembled for a rally in Bantry to support over twenty local farmers preventing the ESB from laying an overhead powerline across their lands. After the rally, the group marched through Bantry, stopping for a while outside a hotel being constructed by Murnane and O'Shea, the businessmen behind the windfarm project who are demanding that overhead powerlines cross 40 farms over a 14km route ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment Wednesday August 02, 2006 - 12:53 by Quentin Gargan
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Farmers in Bantry have were astonished to find a letter in the planning office from Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture making representations on behalf of Bob Murnane who is currently seeking planning permission to extend the size of a controversial windfarm near Bantry. The Ballybane windfarm being developed by local businessmen Murnane and O’Shea requires a grid connection to a sub-station 14 kilometres away. Over twenty farmers along the route have been blockading the ESB to prevent them from constructing overhead powerlines. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday August 02, 2006 - 05:33 by Terry
3 comments (last - monday october 09, 2006 - 07:23)
‘Exploring Atlantic Ireland 2006’, oil and gas industry conference to take place in Dublin this November. ... read full story / add a comment |
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