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Anti-mining campaigners from the Sperrins protesting at Mining Conference in London
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Mandelson Prince of Pollution

February 16, 2026 Anton McCabe

Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson lobbied strongly to bring pollution to the Sperrin mountains of Co Tyrone. This was Dalradian Gold’s proposed gold mine at Greencastle. There have been more objections to this planning application […]

Announcements

Mining Inquiry collapses

January 27, 2025 Anton McCabe (Militant Left, Omagh)

A public planning inquiry into a proposed mine at Greencastle in the Central Sperrins was adjourned after three days. The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure failed in its legal duty to consult the Southern Government. […]

Ireland-North

Corporate Extractivism on the Rise in Border Areas

October 28, 2022 Cllr Donal O'Cofaigh

Originally published in ‘Militant Left’ Edition 5, Summer 2022 Over recent years, communities in Fermanagh, Leitrim and Tyrone have faced a series of threats from highly-polluting industries seeking to exploit underground mineral resources for private […]

Environment

Anti-mining protests continue in Tyrone

December 1, 2021 Militant Left Reporter

Over 100 protestors gathered on a bitterly cold Sunday at the Cavancaw goldmine, on the side of a mountain above Omagh. Protestors from Leitrim, Derry and Monaghan joined campaigners from Tyrone. Canadian mining company Flintridge […]

Ireland-North

Fermanagh and Omagh Council – an undemocratic shambles

November 4, 2021 Anton McCabe

The Sinn Féin chair of a shambolic meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has excluded independent anti-goldmining Councillor Emmet McAleer from a Council meeting. During most of the meeting, he only called party colleagues. […]

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