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National campaign group, Afri – Action From Ireland – is appealing to Clare TDs to follow the lead of the French government and work towards an immediate ban on fracking on the island of Ireland. “Clare Council Council has already called for a fracking ban and now it is important that we see Clare politicians speaking out, including deputies Pat Breen, Joe Carey, Timmy Dooley, Michael McNamara, and Senator Tony Muncahy,” said Joe Murray, Afri coordinator. County councils in Leitrim, Donegal, Sligo, Roscommon and Sligo have also passed motions calling for a ban, as has Omagh and Fermanagh District Council. Their opposition to fracking is shared by well known figures including Paul McCartney, Robert Redford, Matt Damon, Adrian Dunbar, Yoko Ono and Alec Baldwin. Afri’s latest call comes amid growing protests in the border region where Australian mining company Tamboran Resources have begun preparatory drilling work in Belcoo, County Fermanagh. According to Joe Murray, fracking is a short-sighted solution to job creation and …
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