November 2011

[Shell to Sea] How come Gardaí are allowed to get away with the assault of peaceful protestors in Mayo?

Two former gardaí have received jail terms and a third has been given a suspended sentence in connection with an assault on a 38-year-old man in Waterford in 2010.

Two former gardaí have been given prison sentences following an assault on a man in Waterford in 2010.

WASHINGTON -- The fight over the construction of TransCanada's Keystone XL reached a pivotal moment on Sunday when an estimated 10,000 demonstrators gathered outside of the White House to call on President Obama to reject the proposed oil sands pipeline. In a statement on Tuesday, Obama vowed to take final ownership of the decision, which has become arguably the most important, high-profile environmental issue facing him before the 2012 election.

LONDON – Fracking, a controversial technique to extract gas from the ground, was the “highly probable” cause of earth tremors which hit Lancashire’s Fylde coast earlier this year, according to a report published yesterday.

One tremor of magnitude 2.3 on the Richter scale hit the area on April 1st, followed by a second of magnitude 1.4 on May 27th, prompting locals and environmental campaigners to blame the fracking technique being used locally by oil and gas firm Cuadrilla.