| Roche announces purchase of An Blascaod Mór |
| Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Dick Roche, T. D., today (8 July 2005) announced that the Government
is to proceed with the purchase of An Blascaod Mór, the main island
in the Blaskets. |
| Department
of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
| Rossport rally hears renewal of demands for gas base
'at sea' |
| Up to 1,500 people attended a support rally in Belmullet
for the five Co Mayo farmers who have been in prison for almost two
weeks over their opposition to the Corrib gas pipeline. |
| Irish
Independent |
| Shell Corrib gas field opposition |
| This is the woman who may hold the key to the entire
Corrib Gas project. Ms Bríd McGarry, of Gortnacragher, Rossport, owns
twenty per cent of the disputed pipeline route and has vowed to go
to prison rather than grant Shell access to her family’s lands. |
| The
Papers Today |
| Bark is worse than its bite |
| Northern Ireland is one of the least wooded regions
in Europe and most of our woodland is coniferous. Should this be axed
and replaced by native species? |
| Belfast
Telegraph |
| Global Warming: ESB and CRH belch out most greenhouse
gas |
| The ESB and Liam O'Mahony's vast cement firm, CRH,
belch out two thirds of the damaging greenhouse gases, allocated to
industry by the State, according to data obtained by the Sunday Independent.
|
| The
Papers Today |
