30 June 2020 The controversial Shannon LNG terminal faces its second challenge in the High Court today from an environmental group who alleges both Ireland and the EU failed to do the necessary climate assessments before putting it forward as a Project of Common Interest (PCI). In their second challenge Read more…
July 26th, 2019 One of the island’s largest peat operators has ceased harvesting following a High Court ruling to temporarily suspend new regulations to remove large-scale extraction from the planning regime. Westland Peat Limited, a multi-million euro gardening company, today confirmed that it has not harvested any peat since Tuesday’s Read more…
May 21st, 2019 An environmental charity has warned the State that it will take legal action unless signs are erected on Haulbowline Island in the next month warning of chemical contamination at the island’s former steel mill. Friends of the Irish Environment want to see signage placed at the entrance Read more…
February 15th, 2019 Plans for a €500 million gas terminal in Co Kerry hit a major hurdle today as the High Court deferred judgement in a case over the potential need for new environmental assessments for the project. The case relates to proceedings brought by Friends of the Irish Environment Read more…
February 15th, 2019 An environmental group has filed a new complaint to the European Commission over the State’s commitment to complete an all-island clean-up of contamination from an old steel plant on Haulbowline Island. The complaint filed by Friends of the Irish Environment alleges that the State has breached its 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 23rd, 2019 The State’s inability to halt Ireland’s rising emissions is a clear breach of the constitutional right to life, bodily integrity and a healthy environment, the High Court has heard. Speaking during the ongoing climate case where Friends of the Irish Environment is challenging the State’s National Mitigation Plan, Read more…
January 22nd, 2019 On October 23, 2017, Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) obtained permission from the High Court to proceed with an unprecedented environmental legal case against the Irish Government. This week, the High Court will finally hear the landmark case known as the Irish Climate Case where FiE Read more…
October 8th, 2018 New findings that far-reaching emission cuts can limit global warming to 1.5°C highlights the need for Ireland to rapidly improve its “dismal” record, a climate justice group has said. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest special report – Global Warming of 1.5 °C – it is possible Read more…
October 4th, 2018 An environmental charity was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s decision to extend planning permission for a proposed €500 million gas terminal in Co Kerry. Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) argued that the decision to grant Shannon LNG Read more…
