‘Our streets are for the people too’
July 22nd, 2019
On Saturday, activists from the Dublin Cycling Campaign, the Irish Pedestrian Network and the Dublin Commuters Coalition, supported by members of Extinction...
Clean air campaigners take over South William Street
July 20th, 2019
A coalition of active transport campaign groups together with Extinction Rebellion Ireland blocked South William Street this morning to highlight the capital’s...
Extinction Rebellion join Cork student activists for Friday climate protest
July 19th, 2019
A group of
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists in Cork held a “die-in” outside Cork City
Council today to highlight the urgency of action required...
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"Minerals and gases are either a part of a tendency for life, or of a tendency for lifelessness. My husbandry can swing the balance...
Rathfarnham hedge-cutting criticised by local group
July 19th, 2019
The decision by South Dublin County Council to carry out hedge-cutting in Rathfarnham this week during the height of the bird nesting...
Hemp could ‘breath new life’ into rural Ireland
July 18th, 2019
Hemp could “breathe new life” into rural Ireland and create over 80,000 jobs across the country, an industry expert has said.
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at...
Agri-food sector dominates EPA worst offender’s list
July 18th, 2019
Agri-food companies have dominated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) worst offender’s list for licence compliance issues over the past two years, new...
Climate key policy issue as new Commission President elected
July 18th, 2019
Ursula von der Leyen has become the first female EU Commission President after a nail-biting vote on Tuesday where climate ambition played...
Extinction Rebellion ‘slow cycle’ halts Dublin traffic
July 17th, 2019
Members of Extinction Rebellion Ireland disrupted traffic in Co Dublin for the second day running to highlight the capital’s air pollution problem...
Bord na Mona refuses to release biomass sustainability documents
July 17th, 2019
Bord na Mona has refused to release information on its biomass
imports to burn alongside peat as criticism of the sustainability of the...
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