What happens to a lot of your old clothes when you recycle them? Solene Schirrer from Voice Ireland dives deep into the world of textile recycling to uncover the fate of some of our discarded clothes. Ghana’s sea shore is awash with abandoned garments. Piles of rotting clothes litter the Read more…
6 July 2022 Over recent months, local opposition has been building against possible mineral prospecting in east Clare. Resistance in East Clare Opposition was largely spurred on by the publication of a prospecting licence, granted to the mining company Minco Ltd. for the Tulla area of Co. Clare, as Read more…
June 4th, 2020 Fintan O’Toole likened human beings to a ‘toxic virus’, and a ‘relentless foulness’ from ‘the Earth’s point of view’, in his article about the Sign of the Times survey on public perceptions of climate change. This has become a recurring theme expressed throughout the pandemic, even as Read more…
April 3rd, 2020 Coronavirus is hiding in plain sight. The idea of an illness-prompting, tiny particle, invisible to our eyes may sound novel and frightening to some. For scientists and ecological researchers, specialising in air pollution; however, this is nothing new. Air polluting particles have been undermining our health in Read more…
February 17th, 2020 Dublin became the first Irish city to pledge its support to a new global campaign to ensure higher standards of air quality standards in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) targets. The Deputy Lord Mayor and the Mayors of the other three local authorities in the capital Read more…
January 30th, 2020 Dublin has been ranked as the most congested city in Western Europe and as one of the most congested cities globally, according to an international survey of traffic data. The ninth edition of the annual Traffic Index report form the technology company TomTom provides detailed insights on Read more…
January 6th, 2020 Kilkenny is the cleanest of 40 towns and cities across Ireland for a record fourth time, according to the latest annual anti-litter survey from Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). The findings from the survey, carried out by An Taisce on behalf of the business group, placed Killarney, Read more…
December 18th, 2019 The Minister for the Environment and Climate Action has announced that the smoky coal ban will be extended to all Irish towns with a population of over 10,000. Richard Bruton said, however, that the State would not be rolling out nationwide ban coal due to what he Read more…
November 15th, 2019 The Environment Committee is set to recall the ESB to answer questions on oil leaks from underground cables following evidence of new leaks uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Committee is holding hearings into the leakage of one million litres of oil from underground cables Read more…
October 22nd, 2019 Agri-food companies and landfill sites feature on the latest worst offender’s list for licence compliance issues released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month. To date, the environmental watchdog has issued 10 National Priority Sites (NPS) lists since the scheme was launched in the summer of Read more…
