21 October 2021 Ireland will be a key financial contributor in a fund to protect environmental defenders, the Minister for the Environment has announced. Over the next four years Ireland will provide half of the funding for a new Rapid Response mechanism under the Aarhus Convention to safeguard environmental defenders, Read more…
30 March 2021 The European Union will remain in breach of international law if access to justice obstacles are not removed, the Environmental Justice Network of Ireland (EJNI) has warned. The organisation is one of many taking part in a bloc-wide coordinated effort today to raise awareness around access to Read more…
10 August 2020 The time taken by Ireland’s appeal process and Court review for Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) requests is failing to comply with international law, draft findings have revealed. The findings were published by the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) who released them alongside draft recommendations Read more…
30th August, 2019 A panel of legal experts has found that Irish planning law is non-compliant with requirements under an international convention to allow the public to participate in the decision-making process for projects that may significantly affect the environment. The landmark finding from the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) Read more…
July 15th, 2018 The prohibitive cost of mounting a legal case is a key challenge in bringing environmental cases in Ireland, the Chief Justice has said. Speaking at an environmental law seminar at the King’s Inns yesterday to celebrate 20 years since the adoption of the Aarhus Convention, Mr Justice Read more…
February 9th, 2018 The State’s plan to halve the period to initiate a Judicial Review for critical infrastructure projects from eight to four weeks goes against citizens’ rights to justice, An Taisce has warned. Currently, there is an eight-week window to make an application to the court for leave to Read more…
November 2nd, 2017 Ireland’s environmental watchdog is a European leader is making information about highly-polluting activities easily accessible on its website, a new NGO report has found. The new European Environmental Bureau (EEB) report found that the Environmental Protection Agency, together with authorities in Norway and Bulgaria, offer their citizens Read more…
September 29th, 2017 Ireland’s leading environmental groups have welcomed the new Chief Justice’s comments on the practical difficulties and barriers around accessing justice in Ireland. In his first major speech in the role last Tuesday, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, said that he intends to put the issue of access to Read more…
An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland – this week announced that it intends to pursue its case regarding the West Kerry N86 Dingle road to the Court of Appeal.
