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No impact on protected nature area from Cork shipwreck, says Council

February 17th, 2020 Cork County Council has said that there are no signs of contamination to the protected Ballycotton Bay as a result of yesterday evening’s wreck of an abandoned cargo ship off East Cork. The vessel was abandoned since September 2018 and was drifting across the Atlantic until it Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 3 yearsFebruary 17, 2020 ago
Biodiversity

Ministers ignore EU legal deadline to ending overfishing by 2020

December 18th, 2019 EU fisheries Ministers have agreed to set various fisheries quota levels above scientifically suggested levels and will fail to meet their own legal deadline to end overfishing by 2020. The EU AGRIFISH Council meeting closed in Brussels this morning following all-night negotiations as is typical in recent Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 3 yearsDecember 18, 2019 ago
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Biodiversity

Irish water quality deteriorating across the board, EPA warns

December 10th, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned that the overall quality of Ireland’s lakes, rivers and estuaries is deteriorating, reversing all gains achieved in recent years. The EPA’s latest Water Quality report describes the quality of water in half of our river resources as “unsatisfactory”, while the Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 3 yearsDecember 10, 2019 ago
Marine

Environmental activists call for end to overfishing

December 9th, 2019 Protesters gathered in Dublin today to demand that the Government ends overfishing in Irish waters ahead of key fisheries quota negotiations in Brussels next week. Members of Extinction Rebellion Ireland and the Irish Wildlife Trust held a demonstration outside the gates of Dail this afternoon that recreated Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 3 yearsDecember 9, 2019 ago
High Court environmental rights constitution
Biodiversity

High Court grants razor clams dredging injunction

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…

By Niall Sargent, 3 yearsSeptember 30, 2019 ago
Biodiversity

Ministerial misstep puts mechanical kelp harvesting plans in jeopardy

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…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsJuly 29, 2019 ago
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Agriculture

Sharks falling victim as commercial fishing bycatch

July 29th, 2019 Commercial fishing fleets are increasingly entrapping large sharks as bycatch leading to a significant decline in their populations, a new study has found. The study conducted by an international team of scientist from 26 countries indicates that large sharks, even those inhabiting the remotest parts of the Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 4 yearsJuly 29, 2019 ago
Biodiversity

Funds not available to repair crumbling Fermoy weir, Committee hears

July 3rd, 2019 Cork County Council has said that it does not have sufficient funding to repair a crumbling weir on Blackwater River in Fermoy, Co Cork. Speaking during a Joint Committee on Public Petitions hearing on the issue today, the Council’s Niall Healy called on the Government to provide at least Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 4 yearsJuly 3, 2019 ago
International

100,000-strong petition against Doonbeg Wall to be delivered to Trump

June 4th, 2019 A petition containing over 100,000 signatures opposing the construction of a coastal defence wall at President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Doonbeg will be delivered to the commander-in-chief tomorrow evening. The petition, organised by the Californian conservation group Save the Waves in partnership with Irish NGOs, will Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsJune 4, 2019 ago
Biodiversity

OPW ‘jeopardising’ marine life in Limerick river

May 14th, 2019 A wildlife conservation group has accused the Office of Public Works (OPW) of destroying the banks of the Newport River in Co Limerick and jeopardising the livelihood of its marine species. The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) claims that the OPW had violated both Irish and European legislation Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 4 yearsMay 14, 2019 ago

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