Ireland to fail recycling targets, warns EPA
Ireland will fail to reach another recycling target without a concerted effort, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. By 2025, Ireland committed to EU targets to recycle at least…
Ireland must designate marine zones to seabirds and dolphins, demands European Commission
The European Commission has urged Ireland to complete its network of marine conservation zones or face legal action. Under the EU’s Habitats Directive, member states are required to designate areas…
EU demands Ireland charge plastics producers clean-up costs
Plastics producers should be reimbursing local councils in Ireland for the cost of cleaning up pollution, the European Commission says. The EU’s Single Use Plastics Directive, is supposed to “prevent…
Record extreme heat off Irish coast
Extreme heat was repeatedly registered in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Ireland last year, according to the EU’s climate service. Parts of the ocean experienced their warmest temperatures…
Eco project to monitor uninhabited islands
A new project will study environmental change on six of Ireland’s remote and uninhabited islands, Irish Lights has announced. The LIGHTHOUSE project (“Leveraging Island LiGhthouses and Harnessing Technology to examine…
Greenhouse gas emissions reach record low
EU greenhouse gas emission have fallen to their lowest level in modern times, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has announced. By 2024 – the latest available data – the European…
Heat pumps and emission reductions way off target, warns ESRI
Ireland is unlikely to meet 2030 targets for retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps or reducing emissions, a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has warned. The government…
Dublin ‘most polluted’ port city
Ferries calling at Dublin produced more sulphur pollution than at any other port in Europe last year, according to a new report. NGO, Transport & Environment (T&E) looked at ferry…
EU-funded Midlands projects in shift from peat
Ministers Martin Heydon and Darragh O’Brien have announced €10 million to support two bio-economy projects in the Midlands. Funded through the EU’s Just Transition Fund, the projects are designed to…
Rooftops could power half of Ireland’s total electricity needs
Covering rooftops in solar panels could meet more than half of Ireland’s total electricity needs, according to an analysis by the EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). The JRC has mapped…