The EPA has confirmed that it is investigating the release of wastewater sludge from Ringsend treatment plant that occurred this weekend. Inspectors from the environmental watchdog are carrying out a site inspection to determine the cause of the incident and to monitor the discharge. On 25 February 2019, Irish Water Read more…
February 6th, 2019 The Government’s decision to remove large-scale peat extraction from the planning system offers a “’free pass” for peat companies to continue unauthorised extraction across the country, environmentalists have warned. On 25 January, the Minister for Planning Eoghan Murphy TD published new regulations to exempt peat extraction 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 14th, 2018 An Environmental Protection Agency inspector was “appalled” upon discovering the extraction of wet peat up to five meters deep at an unlicensed Co Westmeath site, the High Court heard yesterday. The environmental watchdog is seeking an interlocutory injunction to prevent Harte Peat from extracting peat from the Read more…
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…
June 4th, 2018 New US research has found a “significant link” between air pollution and diabetes globally, even at levels deemed safe by authorities. Diabetes affects over 420 million people according to the WHO. The principal causes are an unhealthy diet, a lack of activity and obesity, with the new Read more…
June 5th, 2018 Exposure to PVC plastic could increase the risk of obesity and prediabetes in humans, a new study shows. The study published in Environmental Health Perspectives indicates that dibutyltin (DBT), a chemical found in PVC, could be increasing obesity and diabetes rates. Researchers from the University Of California, Read more…
May 31st, 2018 New data reveals that Ireland’s emissions are set to rise until at least 2020 due to strong economic growth and an expansion of the agriculture sector. The latest figures, released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, suggest that Ireland will only be able to reduce its Read more…
April 23rd, 2018 The agri-food sector continues to struggle with environmental regulatory compliance issues, the latest worst offender’s list from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. The National Priority Sites List for October 2017 to March 2018 lists seven Irish industrial facilities that have had major environmental regulatory compliance issues over the Read more…
April 4th, 2018 Emissions from three of the five main air pollutants in Ireland increased in 2016, latest figures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveal. The EPA’s latest report on air pollutant emissions in 2016 points to an increase in emission from ammonia, nitrogen oxides, and non-methane volatile organic Read more…
