July 10th, 2017 The United States’ isolated stance on climate change was made clear at this weekend’s G20 meeting in Hamburg as the other nineteen world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Accord. The final G20 joint statement – produced after lengthy negotiations lasting until noon on Saturday – outlines Read more…
July 6th, 2017 Government action is required to ensure that environmental regulation is aligned across the island of Ireland in a post-Brexit world, a new Seanad report has found. The report – Brexit: Implications and Potential Solutions – also calls for Ireland to be “considered a single bio-geographic unit” amid fears Read more…
July 6th, 2017 The historic Bill to ban onshore fracking in the Republic of Ireland was signed into law by President Michael D Higgins today. The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill brought by Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin received widespread support from across the political Read more…
July 5th, 2017 The EU-Canada trade deal is a “rotten agreement” that undermines democracy and must be rejected by the Dail, oppositions TDs said yesterday as the Canadian Prime Minister began his tour of Ireland. Speaking at a protest outside Government Buildings yesterday afternoon, politicians from the Green Party, Sinn Read more…
4th July 2017 A unique coalition of farming, business, trade union, civil society and environmental groups have voiced their collective concern about the proposed EU-Canadian trade deal in advance of tomorrow’s state visit by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The groups highlighted Mr Trudeau’s visit as part of a publicity Read more…
3rd July 2017 Ireland is among 11 EU states to breach air pollution ceilings under new EU Directive due to agricultural and transport emissions, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report reveals. The information is the first set of data to be submitted by Member States under the new EU Read more…
June 28th, 2017 The historic Bill to ban onshore fracking in the Republic of Ireland has passed through the Oireachtas today. The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016 will now move on to the President for signing after it passed its final stage in Read more…
July 28th, 2017 A pan-European operation led by Europol into illegal fishing activities has netted 48 suspects and 4,000 kg of a critically endangered species of eel. Operation LAKE aims to dismantle organised criminal networks involved in the trafficking of endangered species within the EU, and involved law enforcement from Read more…
June 23rd, 2017 Minister Heather Humphreys has not consulted with the Road Safety Authority about the Heritage Bill despite claims that road safety is at the Bill’s core, a Sinn Fein TD has said. Speaking in the Dail yesterday, Peadar Toibin TD said that the RSA confirmed to him a Read more…
June 16th, 2017 Crucial cross-border cooperation to protect the environment across the island of Ireland must not be “diluted” by Brexit, warned MEPs, NGOs and leading legal experts at a conference today. The views were expressed at a conference in Dundalk today to examine the potential impacts on the Irish Read more…
