Timely report on Ailwee Caves and stalactite threat

YOUR report on the warning about the danger to Ailwee Caves and the Pol an Ionáin stalactite (Tourist sites under threat from extraction of resources, August 5) on fracking is timely, not only because of the recently granted exploration licences to three companies over 1,481 sq kms and the call for a public debate, but also because of the recently released Commission for Energy Regulator’s Consultation Paper On The High Level Design Of The Petroleum Safety Framework.

This report arises out of the Advantica Report on the controversial Corrib Gas Pipeline.

That recommended a new risk-based safety framework for major hazard pipelines. This has since been established by legislation to include oil and gas extraction.