THE Better Environment and Safer Telecommunications (BEST) group commends Kerry County Council for its stance on keeping phone masts at a safe distance from the human population, thus protecting their health and safety.

IT IS a sad day for this country when five innocent citizens of Ireland, having taken a stance against Government and industry, are sentenced to serve prison time for attempting to protect the health and well-being of their families and community.

IS it the policy of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to discredit all independent scientific evidence of the adverse health effects caused by non-ionising radiation emissions from telecommunications masts?