🔍 Key Issues This Week: ❗ No current feasibility study underpinning the project 📊 Economic case based on unseen data and a “spreadsheet” not available to the public 💰 Gold valuation claims not adding up — major gaps between industry norms and projections 🏛️ Department for Infrastructure under pressure over process, preparedness, and oversight ⚖️ Public inquiry fairness questioned — limited time, delayed topics, restricted participation 📉 Only 23 of 155 questions answered — progress slower than expected 🧾 Missing and incomplete documentation across environmental and economic areas 🌍 Unclear environmental impact — gaps in carbon data, waste planning, and long-term risk 🔄 Confusion over what’s actually being mined — gold vs multiple minerals 💼 Local economic benefit unclear — profits expected to leave the region 🚨 What This Means: A process that appears under strain Key decisions being discussed without full information Growing concerns around transparency, accountability, and public trust #Public Inquiry #Sperrins #Stop The Mine #Environmental Justice #Ireland News

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