December 13th, 2019 Climate litigation and activism are the key tools to push policymakers to take concrete action to tackle the growing threat of climate disruption, attendees at COP25 in Madrid have heard. Speaking at an event on climate litigation yesterday, Sadhbh O’Neill of Friends of the Irish Environment said Read more…
December 10th, 2019 The Supreme Court today heard proceedings over a near-decade old dispute to determine the owners of land that form part of a large scale peat extraction cluster operating without planning permission in Co Westmeath. The case brought by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) against An Bord Read more…
December 6th, 2019 Citizens across Europe continue to face difficulties in gaining access to information on environmental matters despite clear national, EU and international rights, a new report has found. An analysis carried out by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) shows that citizens are becoming increasingly engaged in a desire Read more…
November 23rd, 2019 New planning legislation set to be proposed by the Government includes “retrograde proposals” aimed at restricting access to justice for both individuals and NGOs, an environmental law expert has warned. Speaking at a conference on environmental law in Dublin yesterday, Dr Andrew Jackson said that the Housing Read more…
November 13th, 2019 A new planning Bill brought forward by the Government would set the clock back on access to justice rights to challenge poor planning decisions, an environmental group has warned. Speaking on the Pat Kenny Show this morning, Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) said Read more…
November 12th, 2019 Environmental groups have expressed deep concern at a new Bill put forward by the Minister for Planning that they say would make it almost impossible to challenge planning decisions in the courts. The Green News has seen a version of the Heads of the Housing and Planning Read more…
November 7th, 2019 Several environmental groups have criticised a €7 million project to ramp up tourist numbers on Dursey Island that they say would be detrimental to Ireland’s wild coastal landscape. The proposed development – a joint venture between Fáilte Ireland and Cork County Council – includes plans for a Read more…
October 10th, 2019 Irish support for US liquefied natural gas imports would make us complicit in harm caused to communities living near the fracking fields of Pennsylvania, the Climate Action Committee has heard. Speaking at a hearing on the potential impact of imports yesterday, Julia Walsh of US-based Frack Action Read more…
September 30th, 2019 The High Court has granted an injunction on dredging for razor clams in the Waterford estuary pending a full hearing over the matter early next year. The decision was made following a challenge from the environmental group Coastwatch to a decision to open a razor clams Read more…
September 20th, 2019 The High Court has ruled that new regulations to take large-scale peat extraction outside of the Irish planning regime are inconsistent with European environmental law and must be dissolved. The judgement from Mr Justice Garrett Simons to set aside the regulations “in their entirety” comes after a Read more…