Group calls for a stop to fracking

Added: 07-08-2012

 A coalition of 27 environmental groups is calling on the Government to "put a stop to all fracking activity" in Ireland.

The Environmental Pillar includes groups such as An Taisce, Birdwatch Ireland, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council.

Two gas companies have been granted licences to explore for natural gas in the Lough Allen basin which covers parts of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.

Michael Ewing, co-ordinator of the Environmental Pillar, who is living in Knockvicar in Boyle, says the long-term development of rural Ireland would be under serious threat if the process were to go ahead.