Environment
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Water and the Programme for Government
Some of the more notable promises contained within the Programme for Government (PfG) agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and…
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Flood management
Recent flooding in Leitrim, west Cork and Kerry has brought Ireland’s flood management provisions into focus once again. eolas examines…
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Addressing Ireland’s flood risk
Flooding poses a significant risk to many lives, livelihoods, properties and our environment. Those who have experienced flooding events have…
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Data centre water usage
Plans by the coalition government to develop “efficiency standards for equipment and processes” of data centres could include tighter controls…
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Reflections on a new Water Abstraction Regime
The EU Water Framework Directive required member states to introduce regulatory abstraction regimes for water. Ireland has not yet done…
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Storms cause rise in seaside bacterial levels
Swimming bans and advisory notices have been put in place across many popular beaches throughout Ireland after poor water quality…
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Energy suppliers must be the difference in decarbonising Ireland
In June 2019, the Irish government launched its Climate Action Plan which outlined Ireland’s path to decarbonisation. This Plan marks…
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The case for a just transition
The Nevin Economic Research Institute’s (NERI) quarterly economic observation report for winter 2019 focuses on the need for a “just…
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Climate Action Plan: steady progress
The Government’s first progress report on the implementation of the Climate Action Plan, encompassing quarters two and three of 2019,…
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Climate Change: A “hot” topic for the courts
It might be questioned how climate change, which to date has been a matter of complying with international agreements and…
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