PRESS RELEASE: Citizens’ Assembly must call for referendum on constitutional right to environmental protection
The Citizens’ Assembly must call for a referendum to give a constitutional right to environmental protection to the people of Ireland, says the country’s...
PRESS RELEASE: Strict enforcement on hedgerow cutting to avoid further devastation to wildlife and...
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The Environmental Pillar reiterates that hedgerow cutting remains illegal during the month of August, and calls for stronger enforcement of existing wildlife laws.
Ireland’s...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental NGOs slam Minister of State’s climate speech in New York
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The government should focus on its own mitigation efforts instead of offering the false hope of helping poorer countries adapt to climate change...
PRESS RELEASE: New Seanad Report on Brexit’s threat to the environment welcomed by environmental...
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Ireland’s leading environmental coalition welcomes the Seanad’s calls for concrete action to ensure environmental regulation remains rigorous across the island of Ireland in a...
PRESS RELEASE: Three key budget policies to net over €200m in revenue and protect...
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Leading environmental organisation outlines three key budget policies to net over €200m in revenue and limit environmentally damaging activities.
Taxing environmentally damaging practices and...
Historic Bill to ban onshore fracking a boost for the global climate movement, says...
Today’s passing of the historic Bill to ban onshore fracking is a great victory for local campaigners and a boost for the global climate...
PRESS RELEASE: Ireland named & shamed at international awards ceremony for subsidising peat burning
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Ireland was among nine countries named and shamed at the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Awards ceremony in Brussels today for the Government’s commitment to...
Press Release: Ireland named & shamed at international awards ceremony for subsidising peat burning
Immediate Release
Ireland was among nine countries named and shamed at the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Awards ceremony in Brussels today for the Government’s commitment to...
Press Release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen...
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The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar with MEP Liadh Ni Riada this Friday, 28 April 2017 to highlight Irish people’s rights to...
Press release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen...
Immediate Release
The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar with MEP Liadh Ni Riada this Friday, 28 April 2017 to highlight Irish people’s rights to...
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