New sustainable music festival to debut this August bank holiday in Waterford

July 13th, 2018 A brand-new sustainable music and arts festival will debut this August bank holiday weekend at the Curraghmore Estate in County Waterford. All Together Now (ATN) is being launched by POD, the organisers behind Forbidden Fruit and Metropolis, and will not provide any plastic materials including plastic bottles, bags, food packaging or cups. The festival Read more…

RTE Investigation into illegal dumping highlighted challenge faced by regulators, committee hears

July 11th, 2018 The intimidation of council staff and draining of resources through protracted legal battles are key issues thwarting the regulation of waste offenders, the Oireachtas environmental committee heard today. The committee sat this afternoon to discuss issues of “illegal dumping and environmental destruction” raised last month in a Read more…