COMPLAINTS from supposedly concerned readers about the M3 near Tara continue to flood the letters pages.

FOLLOWING the recent landslide in north Mayo, it is not surprising that fresh controversy has erupted among local residents, fishermen, small farmers and politicians in the wake of new moves by Shell to get planning permission to build a gas terminal in the area.

FOR more than 20 years successive governments have neglected environmental issues. They invited pharmaceutical and chemical companies to set up business in Ireland without any obligation to find new production methods in order to avoid toxic waste.

PROPOSALS to fast-track major infrastructure projects through a special division of An Bord Pleanála are a denial of democracy.

TRANSPORT Minister Séamus Brennan yesterday criticised a move by Ryanair to hamper plans to bring thousands of tourists into Ireland next summer.

IT appears that, eventually, people in high places have become aware of the shenanigans and skulduggery that An Taisce have been getting up to for a number of years.

OUTRAGED community groups will seek an oral hearing into yesterday’s decision by the Environment Protection Agency to grant a draft licence to Indaver (Ireland) for waste incineration plants in Cork and Meath.