Please contact you politicians today

Dear Members and Friends,The Heritage Bill will be debated for the final time in the Seanad, tomorrow Wednesday 29th March. Section 8 of the...

Should Ireland allow Northern Irish fishing vessels in Irish waters? Christchurch’s screening of Atlantic...

28th March 2017 Christchurch’s Sun Sea and Soil event came to a close last night with a screening of Atlantic, a documentary highlighting the difficulties...

The Heritage Bills Final Seanad Debate – Have Your Say

Dear Members and Friends,The Heritage Bill will be debated for the final time in the Seanad, tomorrow Wednesday 29th March. Section 8 of the...

The Slash and Burn Bill – please contact your politicians tomorrow

Dear Member,The Heritage Bill will be debated for the final time in the Seanad, this Wednesday 29th March. Section 8 of the Bill will...

Irish Wildlife Trust speaks out against devastating weekend wild fires

27th March 2017 Irish Wildlife Trust released a statement today commenting on the alarming number of wild fires they have recorded since  Friday and urged...

Submission to the Public Consultation on the Design and Implementation of a Renewable Heat Incentive

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) subsidy aims to make savings against penalties likely to be incurred by Ireland for not meeting the EU 20% Renewables­...

Maintaining the EU ban on subsidies for the construction of fishing vessels

An Taisce were one of a broad range of environmental NGOs who lobbied the EU ahead of the plenary vote on the European...

Greens: Lack of transparency on breath test statistics breached Garda’s own new ethics code

Party expresses no confidence in Garda Commissioner and senior management Full implementation the Olson report ‘Changing Policing in Ireland’ must be prioritised Commenting on the ongoing...

Green Schools turn up heat on climate change with new programme

27th March 2017 Green Schools National Climate Change Action & Awareness programme was launched as part of the National Dialogue on Climate Action last week The...

Specialisation and trade – David Ricardo versus Frederich List

What Schumpeter called the “Ricardian Vice” was a mode of reasoning in which the required conclusions are buried in the assumptions of an argument....

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