Legal challenge to Project Ireland 2040 opens today
March 10th, 2020
A legal challenge to the Government’s adoption of Project Ireland 2040
on grounds of climate change concerns opens today in the High Court.
Last...
3,600 scientists call for CAP overhaul to protect nature
March 9th, 2020
Thousands of European scientists have declared that the European Commission’s proposals for the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must...
EPA to hold oral hearing on Irish Cement emissions licence
March 6th, 2020
The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an oral hearing to re-evaluate
its decision to grant an industrial emissions licence to Irish Cement to...
Irish anti-fracking activist meets UN to discuss global fracking ban
March 6th, 2020An Irish anti-fracking campaigner joined other activists, healthcare professionals and NGOs in New York this week to meet UN officials over their...
New data reveals worrying rise in cyclist injuries
March 4th, 2020
Two in
five cyclist injuries are caused by the failure of vehicle drivers to observe
their surroundings, new figures released by the Road...
Live exports ‘unlawful’, animal rights groups warn Minister
March 4th, 2020
European and Irish animal welfare groups have called on the Minister for Agriculture to halt the approval of live exports of young...
Commission launches awaited EU climate law proposals
March 5th, 2020
The European Commission has outlined its long-awaited
proposal to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutral commitment in law that
critics say is simply too...
Work starts to bring life back to ‘little miracle’ wetland
March 4th, 2020
South Dublin County Council has begun remedial works in a
bid to restore a small but prominent wetland area in Tallaght that was...
Plans for quarry beside Abbeyleix Bog put on hold
March 4th, 2020
Laois County Council has requested further information on a proposed new quarry close to Abbeyleix Bog that environmentalists argue will impact the...
Heathrow expansion plan wings clipped by courts
March 2nd, 2020
In a landmark ruling last Thursday, the UK Court of Appeal found the British Government’s planned expansion at Heathrow Airport ignored the...
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