12 August 2020 A new scheme for the planting of native woodland species on public land was officially launched today by the Department of Agriculture. The scheme aims to meet one of the outlined biodiversity commitments in the Programme for Government and will be aimed at public bodies at both Read more…
10 August 2020 The time taken by Ireland’s appeal process and Court review for Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) requests is failing to comply with international law, draft findings have revealed. The findings were published by the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) who released them alongside draft recommendations Read more…
7 August 2020 A week ago today, I found myself in the Supreme Court, masked up and socially distant from the other people in the room. Not long after setting up my laptop and notebook, the live zoom session for the judgment started on the monitor set up beside where Read more…
17 July 2020 The failure to achieve sustainable transport targets by the State over the past decade represents, “a major public policy failure”, An Tasice told the OECD this week. In its submission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Ireland’s environmental performance review, An Taisce highlighted Read more…
