Marine Institute announces new shellfish safety monitoring website
August 31, 2017
The Marine Institute has launched a new user-friendly safety reporting website to provide the most up-to-date information available on shellfish and finfish production...
Irresponsible to allow fracking in Ireland, says Oireachtas Committee
11th April 2017
The Oireachtas environmental watchdog has warned that it would be irresponsible to give fracking the go-ahead in Ireland and backed calls for...
Earth Day 2018 calls for end of all single-use plastics
April 19th, 2018
Global call to support the effort to eliminate single-use plastics set to be the main driver during Earth Day 2018 this Sunday.
Earth...
Agri-food sector dominates EPA worst offender list
April 18th, 2019
Agri-food companies continue to dominate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) worst offender’s list for regulatory compliance issues.
Five companies are included in the...
Grassroots movement helping Caribbean reefs to recover
August 25th, 2017
In a rare piece of good news on the status of our coral reefs, a new report has documented the spectacular recovery...
Gas subsidies included in EU Recovery Fund
10 November 2020
Fossil gas will fall into the scope of the €672.5 billion EU recovery fund and “contradicts the Parliament’s multiple earlier commitments” to...
Cork Councillor calls on Minister Coveney to bring Ringaskiddy incinerator issue to Cabinet
18 August 2020
Green Party Councillor Lorna Bogue has urged the Minister for Defence to bring the longstanding issue of the Ringaskiddy incinerator before cabinet...
‘Troubling endorsement’ of gas by climate council
September 25th, 2019
The issue of continued exploration for fossil fuels is a vexed one, both globally and nationally.
It is well established that, globally,...
Sustainable model key to save our fragile eco-system
February 21st, 2019
The Government must follow the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ensure environmental laws are enforced to save our increasingly fragile eco-system, the...
EU agrees landmark plan for single-use plastics ban
December 19th, 2018
After months of intense negotiations among the key European institutions, the EU has agreed on landmark laws to slash the availability of...
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