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Welcome to The Sperrins: Mining, Power & Community in Northern Ireland. A podcast examining the realities behind a proposed goldmine and the decisions shaping one of Ireland’s most contested landscapes.From the heart of the Sperrin Mountains, this series follows the…
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#🎙️97 |Public Inquiry Week Beginning 7th Sep Restoration and Landscape 2026 Day 3 | (opens the original)
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What does “landscape” really mean when assessing the proposed Curraghinalt gold mine? In this Public Inquiry update, Professor Amy Strecker reflects on the Mine Waste Facility, restoration plans, visualisations and the wider industrialisation of the Sperrins, while we also touch on the proposed electricity connection and the cumulative impact on the AONB. Listen, follow the podcast and please share this episode — particularly with those living in and around the Sperrins. Link to #14 Law ,Land an
#🎙️96 | Public Inquiry Special | Dr Steven Emerman on the Golder Report & Curraghinalt | (opens the original)
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What does “Acceptable” really mean when important engineering questions are still waiting to be answered? Dr Steven Emerman returns to the podcast for a third time to examine the Golder review of the Curraghinalt Gold Mine Waste Management Plan. We look beyond the headline 108 “Acceptable” ratings and discuss mine-waste stability, liquefaction, earthquakes, groundwater, filtered tailings, closure, financial guarantees and the work Golder says should be addressed at later stages of design. Ultima
#🎙️95 |Public Inquiry Week Beginning 8th Restoration & Landscape Sep 2026 Day 2 | (opens the original)
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Today's Curraghinalt Public Inquiry turned to restoration and visual impact — what the proposed dry-stack mine-waste facility might eventually look like and whether the landscape shown in the visualisations can actually be delivered. Questions about grass and heather soon led to soil and peat storage, missing elements from the visualisations, the sequencing of the mine-waste cells and how closely restoration is tied to the engineering of the site. And when Dalradian's counsel raised concerns abo
#🎙️94 |Public Inquiry Week Beginning 8th End of Mine Waste Sep 2026 Day 1 | (opens the original)
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The mine-waste evidence topic reaches its final day at the Curraghinalt Public Inquiry, but big questions remain. From extreme rainfall and ageing drainage systems to liners, emergency planning and what happens long after the mine closes, today's evidence eventually led to a crucial question: Should this mine-waste facility actually be Category A? And when DfI was asked to point to the evidence supporting its decision that it isn't, things became interesting. Listen, share the podcast and help m
#🎙️93 Dr Steven Emerman – When Engineering Meets Reality: The Curraghinalt Mine Waste Facility 03/09/26 (opens the original)
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Dr Steven Emerman returns to the podcast to examine the proposed Curraghinalt Mine Waste Facility and the assumptions on which its long-term safety depends. Drawing on his recent investigation of filtered-tailings facilities in Indonesia including work undertaken by an engineering consultancy whom we will refer to as Consultancy A who also designed the proposed Curraghinalt dry-stack facility we discuss what happens when engineering calculations meet conditions on the ground. We explore water, d
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