May 28th, 2018 The European Commission has today outlined new plans to cut down on single-use plastics and reduce marine plastic pollution. The new EU-wide rules proposed by the Commission target the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas, as well as lost and abandoned Read more…
May 25th, 2018 Families from across Europe have launched legal action against the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union for alleged failure to adopt effective laws to tackle climate change. In the lawsuit to the European General Court, plaintiffs are asking the EU institutions to recognise climate Read more…
May 24th, 2018 The Dail opened debate yesterday on a Fianna Fail motion which seeks to overhaul the current penalty points system for fishermen who engage in unregulated, unreported, or illegal fishing. The motion, brought by Donegal Deputy Pat Gallagher, seeks to overrule the recently introduced Statutory Instrument (SI) to Read more…
May 22nd, 2018 The European Commission is taking six of its member states to court for breaching agreed EU rules in relation to air pollution. The Commission has referred France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the UK to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for persistently failing to meet air quality Read more…
May 18th, 2018 The European Commission is taking action against Ireland for failure to comply with a range of environmental, nuclear and marine obligations under EU law. In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the Commission announced that it is pursuing Ireland for its failure to adopt national programmes for Read more…
May 1st, 2018 Irish and International experts warn Oireachtas Committee about serious deficiencies in the UK’s assessment of plans to expand its nuclear power program and the potential impact on Ireland. Speaking in front of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government this afternoon Professors John Sweeney and Read more…
April 27th, 2018 An environmental coalition has called on Michel Barnier to stress the need for a solution to the border issue post-Brexit that maintains full alignment of environmental rules on the island of Ireland. The EU’s top Brexit negotiator will be in Ireland on Monday to give a keynote address Read more…
April 27th, 2018 EU governments passed a near-total ban earlier this morning of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor crops due to their impact on pollinators. Member States endorsed the European Commission’s proposals to completely ban the outdoor uses of three active substances – clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Two Read more…
April 25th, 2018 The Irish state is failing in its duty to fully implement European Directives vital to protect numerous threatened species and habitats on our island, a new report has found. The report from BirdLife Europe, WWF, European Environmental Bureau and Friends of the Earth Europe gave 18 EU Read more…
April 18th, 2017 The European Court of Justice has ruled that increased Polish logging activities in the Białowieża forest violates EU law. Ruling yesterday, the ECJ’s judgement declared that the logging is in direct breach of the EU’s Habitats Directive. The ruling also states out that the logging activities violate the Read more…
