August 23rd, 2018 The New Caledonian government recently passed a decree to safeguard 28,000 square kilometres of the island’s waters within four marine protected areas (MPAs). MPAs are any area of intertidal or subtidal terrain, together with its associated flora, fauna and cultural features, which is protected by law. They include Read more…
August 17th, 2018 National heritage week is set to take place in Ireland between 18 – 26 August this year and the bogs of Meath and Kildare will be a highlight of the event. Funded by the Heritage Council, this week will host a series of events and will kick Read more…
August 15th, 2018 A group of skilled international divers will arrive in Ireland next month to clear ghost fishing gear threatening marine life along Ireland’s coast. Arriving in September, a team of six volunteer divers from the Ghost Fishing Foundation and the Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine (GRD) will be Read more…
July 27th, 2018 An event involving the release of lit sky lanterns is set to go ahead in Co Kildare next month despite continued drought conditions across the county and concerns over environmental impacts. The Lights Fest is set to take place on 11 August at Mondello Park in the heart of Read more…
July 19th, 2018 Environmentalists have welcomed the decision of festival organizers to cancel a balloon race in Co Roscommon due to the potential impact on the environment and wildlife. The committee of the Rooskey Heritage Festival decided to cancel the race, which was planned to take place at the end Read more…
July 13th, 2018 Ireland’s leading supplier of cement has pleaded guilty to charges related to the leakage of dust that impacted neighbouring residents near its facilities in Limerick. The case was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in relation to an incident at the company’s manufacturing facilities at Mungret on the Read more…
July 12th, 2018 Limerick is set to become the first Irish city to receive multi-million funding as part of a European project to create sustainable urban ecosystems across the bloc. Funding of €6.5m will go to Limerick from the EU’s biggest research and innovation funding programme, Horizon 2020. The Norwegian Read more…
July 12th, 2018 The Irish Government just launched the first call for applications under the new €500 million Climate Action Fund. The Minister for the Environment, Denis Naughten, TD said that this fund “provides an unprecedented opportunity” to support projects to bring down Ireland’s emissions and increase our use of Read more…
July 9th, 2018 Emissions from agriculture and transport continue to pose problems for air quality targets, a new European report has found. The report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU’s independent environmental body, shows that Ireland exceeded EU limit value for nitrogen oxides and ammonia. The EEA briefing Read more…
June 2nd, 2018 Investment in the marine sector may help Ireland to double the value of its ocean wealth to 2.4 per cent by 2030 and increase the ocean economy’s turnover to exceed €6.4 billion by 2020, a new report has found. Launched at the fifth annual Our Ocean Wealth Summit last Read more…