in the Blackstairs mountains – the very hills that shape the near horizon from Borris. It was one of those moments when the illusion of distance falls away and “out there” suddenly becomes “right here”.has been drilling holes along the Carlow-Wicklow border for nearly a decade now. It is operating under licence from the Department of the Environment.
Most people don’t, and in all honesty I wouldn’t either. But how do we feel about all that cash that is flooding the exchequer from the iPhone production in China that uses all of these minerals? And if we put our hands on our hearts, don’t our cell phones, containing all the same stuff, get in the way?, which manages the collection and recycling of products that contain all these minerals, published its annual report.
This is all fine, so long as the dirty work is being done in the lithium mines of Chile or China. But it’s not fine when the Chinese come looking for the stuff in our green and pleasant land.