Image: Naoise Culhane Green Flag for Parks Award Ireland Facebook page Left: Minister of State for the OPW and Flood Relief,Sean Canney TD; and Right: Michael John O’Mahony, Director of An Taisce Environmental Unit 2 February, 2017 An Taisce recently held an open day for winners and new entrants to Read more…
January 25th 2017 It would seem that the ‘creative accounting’ – the process that has allowed many foreign firms to avoid paying tax on billions of euros of income and has badly damaged Ireland’s reputation these last years – is still going on. This is what is denounced by An Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]According to some, Monday was the gloomiest day of the year. What better way to reinvigorate yourself and get through the rest of the month unscathed then by exploring some of Read more…
January 18th, 2017 As the diesel emissions scandal now spreads to other car makers, An Taisce are calling on Minister Michael Noonan to incentive motorists away from dirty diesel. An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland say that diesel engines are too dirty and dangerous for for human health Read more…
November 18th 2016 Irish Senators are continuing to strongly object to proposed laws which will allow extended hedge-cutting and scrub burning. The bill which will allow land owners to cut hedgerows and burn scrub in uplands for an extra month will damage wildlife experts have warned. Yesterday Senators continued to question Read more…
August 9th, 2016 Four leading Irish conservation groups have joined forces in a campaign aimed at convincing the Minister responsible for Natural Heritage, Heather Humphreys T.D., to maintain the closed period for hedge cutting as it currently stands: from the 1st of March to the 31st of August. BirdWatch Ireland, Read more…
July 29th, 2016 The Environmental Pillar have reiterated that it remains illegal to routinely cut hedges during the month of August. In a statement released yesterday, the advocacy coalition of 28 Irish NGOs have reinforced that under the Wildlife Acts, it is illegal to routinely cut hedgerows during the closed Read more…
July 22nd, 2016 Irish Environmental organisations have expressed their dismay at the carbon reduction targets for 2030, which were published by the European Commission on Wednesday, saying that they are not sufficient to meet the objectives of last year’s United Nations agreement in Paris. The new targets require Ireland to Read more…
July 15th 2016 Ireland’s agriculture and food system needs to substantially change if we are to meet the challenge of climate change, a report into Climate Smart Agriculture has found. Significantly the report has also acknowledged that by changing the food we eat we can significantly reduce carbon emissions. This Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”] 7th of June, 2016 Too few people are aware of the consequences of light pollution. For security reasons, we often think that lighting is a non negotiable part of the Read more…
