{"id":19719,"date":"2016-10-26T16:13:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=19719"},"modified":"2016-10-26T16:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:13:18","slug":"enviro-24th-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=19719","title":{"rendered":"Enviro – 24th October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan Carton<\/strong> from Love Leitrim updated ENVIRO listeners as to the, health, costs, and climatic\u00a0aspects of fracking. She talked about some bad experiences of fracking in the US, where methane\u00a0much more serious than CO2 is released and ground water contaminated. She explained that there will\u00a0be a motion before the Dail on Thursday 17th October next to ban fracking in the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

She suggested that listeners contact their local TDs requesting that they support the bill. She pointed\u00a0out that renewable energy, and energy conservation are better options for Ireland and that in addition\u00a0to health and climatic aspects, fracking would damage the local economy and tourism in the area. It\u00a0was pointed out that Friends of the Earth had a system whereby on a visit to their website, a person\u00a0could log in, identify which electoral area they are living in following which the website would\u00a0present them with a pre prepared email which they could at the click of a button send to their local\u00a0TDs.<\/p>\n

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John Carmody<\/strong> from\u00a0the animal rights group ARAN explained that in Cork on Sunday 23rd\u00a0October, people gathered to protest about the fact that there were just\u00a0two\u00a0convictions relating to\u00a0cruelty to\u00a0animals so far this year (Dail question put forward by Maureen O\u2019Sullivan TD to Minister\u00a0for Justice Frances Fitzgerald).<\/p>\n

John explained that this is a \u2018shameful record and comes at a time of\u00a0violent and disturbing acts of\u00a0cruelty to dogs, cats and horses\u201d in Ireland. The rally called on the\u00a0Minister for Justice and Ireland\u2019s justice system to do more to investigate and convict those\u00a0responsible for\u00a0animal abuse. The rally highlighted the ongoing trade in puppy farms, hare coursing,\u00a0animals in circuses and other areas that the Irish\u00a0government are \u201cshamefully turning their backs on\u201d.\u00a0John pointed out that a ban which had been introduced with regard to bullfighting in part of Spain\u00a0had been lifted to that this torture of bulls can recommence.<\/p>\n

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Tom Darcy<\/strong> author of the book \u2018Waiting for the Sheriff\u2019 will explain what the book covers, why he\u00a0wrote the book, and how legislation passed by the Dail has facilitated and is still facilitating evictions\u00a0and increasing homelessness on a large scale in the Irish Republic often resulting in suicides. He will\u00a0point out what is being done and what can be done about this and how listeners to the Enviro program\u00a0can help. Michael Davitt founded the Land League over a century ago demanding \u2018fair rent, fixity of\u00a0tenure and free sale\u2019. Yet today the politicians who have succeeded him have failed dismally to secure\u00a0these basic needs for the Irish people. Tom is assisted by the present day inheritors of Davitt\u2019s Land\u00a0League.<\/p>\n

Tom presented a summary of a ten point plan which he believes could sort out the housing\u00a0crisis and put an end to the evictions and homelessness. Joe Dunne suggested that he would write\u00a0these up in such a way that the public could lend their signatures to them and present them as a 2016\u00a0proclamation to solve the housing and homelessness crises. Tom said he would do that and we agreed\u00a0that when this was written up he could come onto the ENVIRO program again and explain in greater\u00a0detail.<\/p>\n

Tom thanked NEAR FM for affording him the time to present his ideas for dealing with the eviction\u00a0and homelessness crises.<\/p>\n

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Presenter:<\/em> John Haughton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panellist:<\/em> Joe Dunne<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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