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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).

DCCG Chairperson interview with Ocean FM

Posted on June 20, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Media

John McDermott was interviewed by OceanFM on 19th June ( thanks to the station for allowing us to use this audio on the site). The piece is approximately 17 minutes long.

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Walk to Coney Island in Pictures – 25th November 2007

Posted on February 22, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Media, Pictures

We put our pictures from the day into a short movie slide show.

TV footage of Walk to Coney Island

Posted on January 18, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Media

The walk to Coney Island in November 2007 was very successful. TG4 covered the event and aired this piece later that evening in their News roundup.

Board of Sligo Airport asked to look at alternative greenfield site

Posted on October 31, 2007 | Filed Under Media

From the Ocean FM website this morning.

Oct 30, 3:52 am
Six Sligo County Councillors have tabled a motion for next week’s county council meeting to call on the Board of Sligo Airport to engage consultants to examine the possibility and cost of locating Sligo Airport on a new green field site.

The motion has been signed by Councillors Declan Bree, Deirdre Healy McGowan, Sean McManus, Jim McGarry, Tony McLoughlin and Imelda Henry.

This motion came about following a meeting between Dorrin and Cumeen Conservation Group and all county councillors representing the Sligo/Strandhill area.

At that meeting it emerged that the Airport Board had not examined the possibility of locating the airport to a new greenfield site.

Chairperson of the Dorrin and Cumeen Conservation Group John McDermott says he’s confident this motion will be passed at next week’s County Council meeting

Presentation given to Sligo County Councillors on Sligo Airport Extension plans

Posted on October 18, 2007 | Filed Under Events, Media, Pictures

This was the slide presentation given to Sligo County Councillors on 4th October 2007 by members of the Dorrins-Cummeeen Conservation Group.

Plans for Sligo airport extension slammed

Posted on October 1, 2007 | Filed Under Media, Pictures, Planning

Six-One News on Friday 28th September had a piece from Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reporting on the disquiet of locals appalled by plans to expand the runway onto Dorrins Strand.

Click here to play video.