Meath housing project challenged over traffic and air pollution concerns
July 31st, 2019
The High Court has granted a campaign group in Meath permission to challenge a planning decision for a large housing estate just...
Taoiseach urged to set up Just Transition Taskforce as matter of priority
July 30th, 2019
The Taoiseach has been
urged by environmental campaigners to set up a Just Transition Taskforce for
coal and peat workers in the face of...
Rewilding Ireland: A new relationship with nature
July 30th, 2019
Imagine nature coming back.
Imagine experiencing nature, not as some lucky happenstance or
occasional encounter, but as a wave that washes over you...
Greta to cross Atlantic by racing boat for UN summit
July 30th, 2019
Student climate activist Greta
Thunberg will cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat to attend the UN Climate Action
Summit in New York in September.
In...
High Court quashes plastic factory planning permission
July 30th, 2019
The High Court has quashed permission for the construction of a plastic factory in Co Cork that has been strongly opposed by...
Ministerial misstep puts mechanical kelp harvesting plans in jeopardy
July 29th, 2019
The State’s failure to adequately publish notice of plans to grant a licence for large-scale mechanical kelp harvesting off Bantry Bay means...
Animals failing to adapt to rapid pace of climate change
July 29th, 2019
Birds, including the likes of the magpie and great tit, and other
common species are failing to adapt to the rapid onset of...
Sharks falling victim as commercial fishing bycatch
July 29th, 2019
Commercial fishing fleets are increasingly entrapping large sharks
as bycatch leading to a significant decline in their populations, a new study
has found.
The study
conducted...
Peat giant halts harvesting following High Court ruling
July 26th,
2019
One of the island’s largest peat operators has ceased harvesting following a High Court ruling to temporarily suspend new regulations to remove large-scale...
Host of EU airlines propped up by subsidies, study finds
July 26th, 2019
Almost a quarter of EU airports served by Ryanair are “likely” to be loss-making and sustained through subsidies, a new report has...
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