Environment
Councillor calls on public to object to a fracking licence application that is being sought in Northern Ireland to drill in Co. Fermanagh.
Concerns are mounting in Co. Leitrim over a licence application in Northern Ireland for fracking in Co. Fermanagh,
The impact of fracking on the environment and small communities has been brought to the fore this week in Co. Leitrim.
N.Ireland
A UK-based company has applied for a new drilling licence which could lead to the fracking of natural gas in the Fermanagh/Leitrim region.
Environmental organisations have welcomed the Oireachtas' environmental Committee's recommendation to ban fracking in Ireland.
Rural Life
A farmer in the UK took a tanker of slurry to let protesters know how he felt about them trespassing on his farm.
Carthy was speaking recently at a conference organised by Sinn Féin on the issue of Fracking held in Co. Fermanagh.