Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
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Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
#No. 7 Human Rights in the Hills: Mary Lawlor on Defending the Defenders
The Sperrins Podcast
39 minutes
2 months ago
#No. 7 Human Rights in the Hills: Mary Lawlor on Defending the Defenders
Human Rights in the Hills: Mary Lawlor on Defending the Defenders
What happens when a rural community stands its ground for ten years—and the world begins to take notice?
In this special anniversary episode, we’re joined by Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, to reflect on the ongoing campaign to protect the Sperrin Mountains from gold mining. Mary shares her insights on the global patterns of repression facing environmental defenders, the right to protest, and why the Sperrins have become a case study in grassroots resistance.
We explore her past interventions, including her 2020 response to concerns about policing of peaceful protest in the region, and discuss new challenges in the post-Brexit legal landscape—including the recent NIHRC report on environmental rights and the Windsor Framework.
Recorded to mark the 10th anniversary of Save Our Sperrins, this episode is a reminder that the struggle for clean air, pure water, and respect for community voices is not just local—it’s universal.
Listen in as we connect the hills of Tyrone to the halls of the United Nations.
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.dontmineus.com
https://www.facebook.com/SaveOurSperrins
https://www.instagram.com/save_our_sperrins/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/save-our-sperrins
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-sperrins-108907
https://www.youtube.com/@SaveOurSperrins
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-n32q3-1939c83
LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
http://caimnetwork.org/mining-in-ireland/
Mining in Ireland is a contentious issue, with 19% of the Republic of Ireland and 27% of Northern Ireland’s land area issued in prospecting licences. While mining companies claim to bring jobs and development, communities like those near Tara Mines and Gypsum Ltd have faced significant environmental and social impacts. Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM) is an all-island network resisting prospecting and extraction.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/after-the-goldrush-by-gerry-mcgovern/id1681123169
Do Irish people know that Ireland has been selected as a Green sacrifice song for the so-called green technology, renewable energy transition from the beautiful wilds of Clare, Wicklow and Leitrim to the outstanding natural beauty of the Sperrin mountains of Tyrone. Rural Ireland is on Big Mining's chopping block.
This podcast is about the power of community, about how communities of Ireland are organising to stop this disaster happening. For short term returns, the government wants to sell Ireland to mining interests as silently and quietly as possible. Let's make some noises. We will try to unravel why the Irish government is doing this
GOOGLE LINK TO Greencastle People’s Office -
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cz7FHdUoi5ByxECz7?g_st=ipc
The Sperrins Podcast
Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
