Column: Never heard of ‘fracking’? You will soon
Several firms hope to use a controversial new drilling method to tap vast gas deposits under Ireland. This could mean environmental devastation, writes filmmaker Johnny Gogan.
View ArticleShould you drill for gas… under a cemetery?
It’s not just loved ones buried in Lowelville Cemetery in Ohio – there is natural gas too, and now trustees are being asked to allow drilling there. But should they?
View ArticleCork oil estimates trebled to over 1.6 billion
Providence Resources has said that between 1 and 1.61 billion barrels of oil are in place at the Barryroe field.
View ArticleAnother oil or gas discovery off the west Cork coast?
Exploration company Providence has said that there is significant potential in one of its licence areas in the Porcupine Basin.
View ArticleNew licence could extend Cork’s potential oil field
Providence Resources says its been offered a licensing option for another 500 sq km beside the Barryroe oil field.
View ArticleProvidence surrenders licence for site off coast of Dublin
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
View ArticleRabbitte: No point comparing Ireland’s oil prospects to Norway’s
The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”
View ArticleRussia switches Greenpeace activists’ charges from piracy to ‘hooliganism’
The new charge – used against the members of Pussy Riot – carries a maximum sentence of seven years in a penal colony.
View ArticleLeitrim county councillors vote to ban fracking
Though councillors voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion, plans in the county can still be approved with one councillor who voted for the ban saying it was “basically a waste of time”.
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View ArticleWork on Kilkenny bridge resumes – while protesters are nearby on river
Protesters are pictured in canoes near where construction appears to have resumed.
View ArticleEmergency Leitrim Council meeting calls a halt to mining firm drilling in...
Communities claim that the drilling in Fermanagh is the first stage in the fracking process.
View ArticleCouncil set to reconsider controversial energy extraction stance
The introduction of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been criticised for its potential environmental damage.
View ArticleThe Viewing: Your vital round-up of property news from the week
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View ArticleCheap oil is forcing the firm behind one of Ireland’s biggest finds to redraw...
Providence Resources is trying to get work started at the Barryroe oil field.
View ArticleShould you drill for gas… under a cemetery?
It’s not just loved ones buried in Lowelville Cemetery in Ohio – there is natural gas too, and now trustees are being asked to allow drilling there. But should they?
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