Environment MEP’s vote to strengthen EU’s most powerful climate law

May 30, 2017 MEP’s voted today to increase the ambition of the EU’s most powerful climate law, the proposed Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). The environment committee...

Green Party: Supreme Court decision ‘highlights failures of asylum system’

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An Taisce ‘Living Limerick’ Engagement & Outreach Officer

An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland - is seeking to recruit an ‘Engagement & Outreach Officer’ on a Part-time Flexi-time basis based...

Green Party welcomes Sláinte Care report

The Green Party today welcomed the release of the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, saying that the development of a...

Green Party welcomes second phase of 30 km/h communities in Dublin City

The Green Party has welcomed the roll-out of  further 30 km/h zones in residential areas in Dublin City from midnight on Tuesday 30th May...

Three generations left: human activity and the destruction of the planet: review

The author of this book, Dr Christine Parkinson, was first inspired to write about climate change while visiting social missions organised by women around...

Trump to make “final decision” on Paris Agreement this week

May 30th, 2017 President Donald Trump is set to decide this week if the U.S. will leave the Paris Agreement, with the President “wide open”...

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has launched a major energy saving programme

May 29th, 2017 The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has launched a major energy saving programme uniting students across the EU to save energy...

Dublin to host prestigious award for gifted young scientists next year

May 29th, 2017 The prestigious European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary in Dublin next year, the Minister...

Cuffe welcomes BusConnects initiative

The Green Party has welcomed the announcement that the National Transport Authority is carrying out a review of bus services in Dublin. However, it...

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