September 25th, 2019 Fianna Fail is calling for an inquiry into South Dublin County Council’s role in the destruction of a popular wetland in the centre of Tallaght which biologists say was teeming with wildlife. Speaking during Order of Business in the Dail yesterday afternoon, the party’s leader Micheál Martin Read more…
September 24th, 2019 The investigations unit of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has contacted South Dublin County Council in relation to the recent dumping of silt on a wetland area in Tallaght. The move follows the discovery by the Herpetological Society of Ireland (HSI) on Saturday that a Read more…
Tallaght wetland after levelling Photo: Collie Ennis
September 23rd, 2019 A statement issued by South Dublin County Council on the recent destruction of a wetland area in Tallaght is a “cop-out of the highest order”, the expert group that discovered the urban biodiversity hotspot has said. The Herpetological Society of Ireland (HIS) discovered on Saturday that Read more…
The planning authority has refused the State’s plan to relocate nine turf cutters from a protected high bog in Co Kildare to a nearby undesignated site in the county over climate concerns. The proposal was part of the State’s relocation scheme for turf cutters who are required to cease cutting Read more…
August 27th, 2019 A new analysis from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) singles out Ireland as a European laggard across a range of important climate and environmental areas, including emissions levels, forest cover and air pollution. While the findings in the CSO’s Environmental Indicators Ireland analysis is based mainly on Read more…
August 26th, 2019 Leaked documents reveal plans from Jair Bolsonaro’s government to push for the economic development of the Amazon in order to block a multi-country conservation project to protect the rainforest. In leaked PowerPoint slides, the controversial president’s administration outlines plans to scupper the Andes-Amazon-Atlantic Corridor (Triple-A) project to Read more…
August 22nd, 2019 The majority of EU-protected habitats in Ireland are in bad condition, a detailed analysis by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has found, with almost half continuing to decline. The stark finding is outlined in the State’s latest assessment report to the European Commission that must Read more…
August 1st, 2019 Arctic Terns have successfully raised chicks on the main island of Dalkey for the first time on record. According to BirdWatch Ireland (BWI), six chicks from the vulnerable colony have taken to the wing so far on the small island three kilometres south of Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Read more…
July 29th, 2019 The State’s failure to adequately publish notice of plans to grant a licence for large-scale mechanical kelp harvesting off Bantry Bay means that the licence has not yet been effectively issued, the High Court has determined. In March 2009, the Tralee-based BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd applied for the Read more…
