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...
Press Release: Draft National Mitigation Plan wholly inadequate to tackle climate change, say leading...
The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly inadequate to meet the climate challenges ahead, according to Ireland’s leading environmental organisations.
The...
Press Release: 500 organisations sign open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker urging him to protect...
500 organisations sent an open letter to the President of the European Commission (EC) Jean-Claude Juncker today urging him to enact legislation to protect...
Press Release: Environmental organisations welcome recommendation of Oireachtas Committee to ban fracking
Environmental organisations welcome the recommendation of the Oireachtas’ environmental Committee to ban fracking in the Republic of Ireland.
The Environmental Pillar welcomes the decision to...
Press Release: Environmental organisations deeply concerned at water charges debate
Environmental organisations are deeply concerned at the absence of a set charge for excessive water use in the pending report on the Future Funding...
Submission to the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services in...
Whilst there is much that is welcome in the report, it includes one obvious and serious contradiction. It states that Excessive or wasteful use...
Better Europe Alliance response to European Commission 2017 Country Report for Ireland
As part of the annual European Semester process, the European Commission published its Country Reports on each EU Member State, including Ireland, in February...
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