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.16 Hope is a Luxury, Resistance is Intergenerational – Gerry McGovern Speaks Out
The Sperrins Podcast
58 minutes
1 month ago
#No.16 Hope is a Luxury, Resistance is Intergenerational – Gerry McGovern Speaks Out
What happens when the drive for endless growth leaves nothing but waste behind? Gerry McGovern, author of the After the Goldrush podcast , joins me to explore how mining — and the mindset that fuels it — mirrors the same destructive patterns we see in the digital world.
Our conversation looks at what it means for communities like ours in the Sperrins to stand against extraction, and how waste is never an accident but the direct outcome of a system built on taking without giving back. Gerry’s clarity cuts through the spin, reminding us that resistance is both urgent and intergenerational — carried by parents, children and grandparents together.
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LINKS FOR THIS INTERVIEW
Gerry Mc Governs Website -https://gerrymcgovern.com/
After the Goldrush Podcast -https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/after-the-goldrush-by-gerry-mcgovern/id1681123169
SAVE OUR SPERRINS ( 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
LINKS TO Greencastle People’s Office(GPO) Facebook Page - and the site of the GPO ( The GPO is a humble caravan which has become a hub for the campaign against the goldmine )
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063579042613&sk=about
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.
