Ireland last in Europe on environmental SDGs, report
February 21st, 2020
Ireland is falling behind on its green commitment under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new report has found.
The Sustainable...
Law to ban microbeads comes into effect
February 21st, 2020
A new act to ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetics and
personal care products containing microbeads entered into law yesterday.
The Microbeads...
Gov’t failing to prevent abuses linked to ESB coal imports, charity warns
February 20th, 2020
Christian Aid Ireland has accused the ESB of complicity in human rights abuses in Colombia by importing coal from the controversial Cerrejón...
No impact on protected nature area from Cork shipwreck, says Council
February 17th, 2020
Cork County Council has said that there are no signs of contamination to the protected Ballycotton Bay as a result of yesterday...
Dublin majors pledge to meet WHO air quality targets
February 17th, 2020
Dublin became the first Irish city to pledge its support to a new global
campaign to ensure higher standards of air quality standards...
Dublin mayors pledge to meet WHO air quality targets
February 17th, 2020
Dublin became the first Irish city to pledge its support to a new global
campaign to ensure higher standards of air quality standards...
Greens to hold climate and nature coalition talks
February 17th, 2020
The Green Party has
invited other parties to present their strategy for addressing the climate and
biodiversity crisis as coalition talks continue to take...
Greens invite parties to bilateral meetings to discuss how a new government could deliver...
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‘Everything is Changing’ – Whale life from around the Irish coast
February 14th, 2020
Eighty-two feet long, the skeleton of a Wexford blue whale named Hope
has supplanted ‘Dippy’, the much loved Diplodocus,
as the main attraction at...
Supreme Court to hear Climate Case Ireland appeal
February 14th, 2020
Friends of the Irish Environment was yesterday granted permission to directly bring its landmark climate case that challenges the State’s mitigation plan...
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