Resident protest over illegal dump in Cork City
January 28th, 2019
A group of Ballyvolane residents gathered outside Cork City Council today urging authorities to clean up an illegal rubbish dump near their...
Dairy giant on latest EPA worst offender’s list
January 28th, 2019
Ireland’s largest dairy processor Glanbia is among three agri-food businesses on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest worst offender’s list over regulatory...
Plastic bottle review more ‘time-wasting’ from Government
January 28th, 2019
The Government has been accused of “time-wasting” by the Greens as it launches a new review to examine how to tackle plastic...
€500m gas terminal project in the High Court this week
28th January 2019
The planning authority’s decision to extend planning permission for a proposed €500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Co Kerry is set...
Project launched to name and shame plastic packaging polluters
January 26th, 2019
A new Cork-based anti-plastic initiative has urged Mondelēz International, the producer of Cadbury chocolates, to stop packaging its products with single-use plastics.
The Plastic...
Irish schoolkids strike for climate action now
January 26th, 2019
A group of secondary school students from across Dublin gathered in front of the Dáil yesterday to call on the Government to...
‘Disturbing’ climate performance leaves us off course to hit targets
January 25th, 2019
The State’s “disturbing” climate performance leaves us completely off course to meet the very emissions targets that its key climate plan is...
State’s climate plan does not breach human rights, court told
January 25th, 2019
A “generalised deterioration of the environment” caused by climate change is not enough to show that the State’s key climate plan is...
EU action against Ireland over range of environmental issues
January 25th, 2019
The European Commission is taking action against Ireland for failure to comply with a range of environmental, biodiversity and marine obligations under...
‘No legal standing’ to argue for citizens’ constitutional rights
January 24th, 2019
An environmental group’s argument that the State’s key climate plan impinges on citizens’ human rights should be discarded as it does not have...
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