March 20th, 2019 Today is World Water Day to raise awareness of the importance of providing easy access to clean water for all the world’s citizens. Since the day was first celebrated 26 years ago, staggering but incremental progress has been made, fostering optimism in campaigners and consumers. Still, it Read more…
February 15th, 2019 An environmental group has filed a new complaint to the European Commission over the State’s commitment to complete an all-island clean-up of contamination from an old steel plant on Haulbowline Island. The complaint filed by Friends of the Irish Environment alleges that the State has breached its Read more…
January 28th, 2019 A group of Ballyvolane residents gathered outside Cork City Council today urging authorities to clean up an illegal rubbish dump near their homes. A large volume of household rubbish, including animal carcasses, has accumulated at Ellis’s Yard and its neighbouring Spring Lane on the north side of Read more…
January 28th, 2019 Ireland’s largest dairy processor Glanbia is among three agri-food businesses on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest worst offender’s list over regulatory compliance issues. The National Priority Sites List for July to December 2018 lists eight Irish industrial facilities that had major environmental regulatory compliance issues over Read more…
November 29th, 2018 The State has requested Donegal County Council to undertake a transboundary public consultation due to concerns raised by environmentalists over potential cross-border emissions from a proposed pig farm in Co Derry. The Department of Housing made the request after Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) notified it Read more…
November 23rd, 2018 Fifty-one small private water supplies serving the likes of nursing homes, crèches and hotels tested positive for E. Coli in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found. A new report on private water supplies from the watchdog warns that the quality of drinking water provided from Read more…
November 23rd, 2018 Air pollution is reducing life expectancy by nearly two years, a new pollution index has revealed. The new index from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago describes air pollution as a more significant threat to human lives than smoking and even war. According to Read more…
November 1st, 2018 This week, the European Commission announced the winner of a €3 million award for the EU Horizon Prize on Materials for Clean Air for the most affordable, sustainable and innovative design-driven solution to urban air pollution. Air quality in cities around the world has been getting increasingly Read more…
October 8th, 2018 Over the past week, opposition parties launched their alternative budget proposals, with the housing crisis taking centre stage, as well as proposals for spending on the likes of healthcare, education and other public services. With the media focus firmly on what Budget 2019 will look like for Read more…
September 13th, 2018 Most European Union countries are failing to meet the bloc’s air quality standards, a new report has revealed. The report released this week by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the bloc’s financial watchdog, shows that exposure to high levels of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ground-level Read more…
