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Environmentalists In Leitrim Critical Of National Parks & Wildlife

Posted on March 1, 2010 | Filed Under Environment, Legal, Media

An environmental group called Cavan/Leitrim Environmental Awareness Network (CLEAN) have won a high court action against Leitrim County Council over an unauthorised road near Lough Allen.

The environmental group have criticized The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). They group state that they would not have had to go to the high court if the NPWS would do their job properly.

The NPWS is a section within the Department of The Environment, Heritage and Local Government who have responsibility for ensuring that Ireland’s protected areas are correctly managed and developed. This is their obligation under Irish and European Law.

A link to the article on Ocean FM here

Also link here to Friends of Irish Environment Site

Our group Dorrins & Cummeen Strand Conservation Group (DCCG) are also very unhappy with the role NPWS is playing in Sligo Airport’s proposal to build an extension to their runway and other related developments  on Dorrins Strand – a location which has the protection of multiple designations (SPA, SPA and Ramsar).

An Bord Pleanala Update

Posted on October 13, 2009 | Filed Under Environment, Legal, Planning

By now you may know that we have appealed to Bord Pleanala against the decision of Sligo Co Co to permit the building of an airport runway extension on Dorrins Strand

We are one of six appeals to An Bord Pleanala.  Other persons / bodies who have submitted an appeal against Sligo Airport’s plan include:

1) Department of Environment,  Heritage and Local Government, 2) Birdwatch Ireland, 3) An Taisce , 4) Coney Island Shellfish Ltd and 5) Mr Nicholas Prins.

A number of “observations” have also been submitted to Bord Pleanala

We have asked for an oral hearing.  An oral hearing can be granted at the discretion of An Bord Pleanala.

Your help at any of the fundraising efforts would be greatly appreciated.  Funds are important in this case as we want to employ the best experts we can to present our case.