Environmental Issues
It has been a little while since we sent out an update; and the SOS stand at the Saturday Market in Skibbereen is getting visitors inquiring into “what is happening now?” The answer is ‘Not A Lot”. As you know … Read More
Save Our Skibbereen is currently seeking a Judicial Review of the planning permission granted to RTP Company for their 5000M² Thermoplastic Factory at Poundlick, Skibbereen. This development cannot go ahead while this legal process is ongoing. An Bord Pleanála’s Inspector … Read More
The SOS ex-parte application against An Bord Pleanala was being made on Monday 21st January within the eight week period of the decision of the board to uphold the Cork County Council Decision to Grant RTP Permission for the awful … Read More
The following petition has been started by Alicia Ní Ghráinne of the West Cork Green Business Alliance. Alicia is a film-maker who lives in Baltimore, West Cork and is seeking to draw on the support of the Irish community in the … Read More
1. What is Marine Spatial Planning? Marine spatial planning is a process that brings together multiple users of the ocean to make informed and coordinated decisions about how to use marine resources sustain-ably. It is a process by which the … Read More
Here are some of our favourite photos that show off the environment we are seeking to protect. If you read our other articles, you will see how the emissions and waste water from the proposed Thermoplastic Compounds Facility will have … Read More
Overview RTP Company, whose headquarters is in Winona, Minnesota has applied for planning permission to build a Polymer Compounding Facility, under the name of a newly formed subsidiary, Daly Products, on the Baltimore Road Skibbereen. The factory they … Read More
Lorraine Shaab, a frequent visitor to our pages at ‘Save Our Skibbereen’ wrote to us recently about the scourge of Plastic Nurdles on their coastline at Wellington, New Zealand. In 2014, the issue of nurdles at Evans Bay beach, Wellington, … Read More
We’re looking forward to a great day out at Inish Beg Estate on Sunday, September 2nd, from 2pm – 5pm. We are immensely grateful to everyone at Inish Beg and especially Paul and Georgie Keane for their support and generosity … Read More
Fresh air and clean water in Skibbereen, West Cork versus Winona, Minnesota where the quality of air consistently falls below national standards and water quality is impaired. RTP Company, the parent company of Daly Products who hope to build … Read More