Shauna Corr

A gold mine inquiry could be derailed for a third time over timetable issues that saw both the applicant and objectors threaten legal action against the Planning Appeals Commission.

HGVs will transport everything from fuel to explosives. Photo by Zieben VH on Unsplash

Northern Ireland’s road authority hasn’t done its “own assessment” of how HGV traffic linked to a gold mine application would affect nearby primary schools or playgroups, an inquiry heard on Tuesday.

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The past two days of the public inquiry into the proposed Sperrins gold mine saw heated exchanges over a public road running through the site, with police called after an objector to the mine criticised the handling of the inquiry.

Proposals to replace a public road as part of a Dalradian Gold mine application could negatively affect people who are older, disabled, or from the Catholic community, a public inquiry has heard.

The Pope “would be totally opposed to the destruction of a sacred place” to mine gold, a priest told a public inquiry in Northern Ireland.

There will be "16 explosions a day" at the proposed Dalraidian gold mine in the Sperrins, an inquiry has heard.

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