24 March 2022 A new study of environmental justice in Ireland was published today – and there’s a lot in it. Researchers from Dublin City University (DCU) undertook the first effort of its kind to use available data to paint us a national picture of the state of environmental justice Read more…
January 27th, 2020 During the closing months of its tenure, the outgoing Government proposed a Bill that would have left an even more stinging environmental legacy for Fine Gael. The proposal in the Heads of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019 would radically reduce and limit the rights Read more…
December 20th, 2019 Plans from the Minister for Housing to bring in more stringent rules to take legal challenges over planning decisions would see the State backslide on access to justice rights, according to planning and environmental law experts. Speaking at an event held by the Planning, Environmental, and Local Read more…
November 13th, 2019 A new planning Bill brought forward by the Government would set the clock back on access to justice rights to challenge poor planning decisions, an environmental group has warned. Speaking on the Pat Kenny Show this morning, Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) said Read more…
November 12th, 2019 Environmental groups have expressed deep concern at a new Bill put forward by the Minister for Planning that they say would make it almost impossible to challenge planning decisions in the courts. The Green News has seen a version of the Heads of the Housing and Planning Read more…
