Several towns and cities lose 'clean' status amid increase in PPE litter around the country
Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
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Dublin, Galway and Limerick city centres all lost their ‘clean’ status, according to a new survey.
The heritage charity has marked the ten important structures in Ireland as being in “a state of disrepair”.
An Taisce said the rulings will have a big impact on planning in Ireland.
Thousands of creatures including frogs, newts, and eels are thought to have been buried alive after silt was used to cover the site.
Dublin City Council granted permission for the banners in June.
Kilkenny comes out on top in the latest cleanliness survey for the group Irish Business Against Litter.
The 19th century structure was converted and refurbished in the 1970s.
Galway City Ballybane and Dublin North Inner City came in at the bottom of the rankings, described as “seriously littered”.
The Climate Change Performance Index has ranked Ireland 48th out of 56 countries.
The groups claim that the Culture Minister’s threat response plan would see large-scale commercial conifer forestry in hen harrier protected areas.
The issue of height restrictions often comes up when discussing urban sprawl.
Campaigners say the possible demolition of Curragower House is “completely unwarranted”.
The runners up were Roscommon and last year’s winner Kildare.
From today, there are new regulations in place for the purchase of and use of rodent poisons in Ireland.
The strategy includes plans to start restoration work on a number of bogs across the country.
Two five-storey office blocks are to be built on either side of the house.
River House, which has been called “a scourge in the local area”, is set to be demolished to make way for the hotel.
But the plans to build offices for thousands of workers have run into local opposition.
Matt Dempsey believes we should continue to up our live-stock numbers to the capacity of our land.
Hundreds of jobs are safe, but concerns have been raised about the environmental impact of the Co Offaly plant.
The move, which is expected to cost around €1.5 million, is to accommodate renovations at Leinster House.
A statement from the national trust said the museum “has no spare space for the convenience of vagrant senators”.
People are being asked to spend a couple of minutes picking up rubbish today.
Enironmentalists are over the moon, unions not so much.
The pope says earth is beginning to look more like an “immense pile of filth”.
An Taisce says that future generations will struggle unless our over-consumption is recognised and addressed.
An Taisce has branded such policies as “unsustainable”.
More than 76 beaches and four marinas were awarded the prestigious Blue Flag award, an increase of six since last year.
They won’t be demolished but An Taisce want a national monument on the site.
The National Trust contends that the building a nuclear station on the west coast of the UK was against international, EU, and English law.
An Taisce slammed An Bórd Pleanala’s decision to approve drive-through fast food restaurants in the historic Boyne Valley area.
It’ll be pretty if it works out, we’ll give them that.
An Taisce say that their case focuses on the extraction of the peat burned at the station.
An Taisce has accused the government of “putting electoral considerations ahead of the needs of Ireland’s young generations”.
Ireland has submitted its first report on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention which ensures public participation in environmental planning.
The organisation had claimed the Irish public should have been consulted before the British Government drew up its plans for the new plant in Somerset.
An Taisce claims permission for a new plant at Hinkley Point shouldn’t have been given as there was no consultation with the Irish people.
The independent environmental charity are not happy with the decision to allow Edenderry power station to keep burning peat until 2023.
It follows concerns raised by An Taisce that the new location could be in breach of planning laws.