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Environmental Pillar encourages the public to have their say on Ireland’s pollution and waste Register 24 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
From a press release by the Environmental Pillar, 24 August 2013: The Environmental Pillar, a coalition of 26 national environmental groups, welcomes the launch of a public consultation about the way...
National potato day: 23 August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
Today is National Potato day. Potatoes are the original superfood and Ireland’s national vegetable. Bord Bia has organised events throughout the country: http://www.potato.ie/national-potato-day/ an...
21st Celebration of the Oak Glen forest park in Glencree 23 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Crann and Coillte requests the pleasure of your company at a family day celebration of the ‘Coming of Age’ of Oak Glen, (nominal end of planting 1992) their joint project to re-establish an oak forest...
Charity Hack 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
Mindy O’Brien coordinator from VOICE has written the below article on a recent event called Charity Hack, which involved 5 local charities coming together to develop new campaigns. “I think I’m a l...
Shrimp management consultation 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 03:09 pm
The Minister is seeking stakeholder views on proposals for new management measures for the shrimp stock. The proposals involve closing the shrimp fishery on 1 February each year, rather than the prese...
Lobster management consultation 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
The Minister is seeking stakeholder views on proposals for new management measures for the lobster stock. The proposals involve introducing either a maximum landing size of 127mm OR increasing the pr...
Government’s failure on peat cutting restrictions 21 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
The Government has failed to follow through on promises to the European Commission to end turf cutting on protected bogs, according to Friends of the Irish Environment. The statement comes after turf-...
Marine Institute’s defence of Aran fish farm now in shreds – An Taisce 15 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
From an An Taisce press release on 15 August 2013 Marine Institute study has been panned by Canadian, Norwegian and Scottish scientists University of Toronto analysis shows the Marine Institute’s 20...
Call on Conveney for agricultural buffer zones as more blue flag beaches closed. 14 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
A call has been made to the Minister for Agriculture to establish buffer zones to exclude cattle from streams, rivers and lakes. The call comes from Friends of the Irish Environment after repeated cl...
Outstanding Commercial Opportunity at The Organic Centre 13 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
Outstanding Commercial Opportunity Photo credit: The Organic Centre The Organic Centre, established in 1995, is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organic growe...
