On 25th June 2019, at the Nenagh Circuit Court, Judge Tom Teehan imposed a fine of €300,000 on the company Balfour Beatty CLG Limited for a single breach of health and...
Across Ireland, many schoolchildren have attended various "Keep Safe" events to learn safety and community awareness.
Throughout 2019, the Republic of Ireland has seen a multi-agency...
A Wrap report has revealed that nearly 3.6 million tonnes of food are thrown away or fed to animals each year in the UK.
This large sum equates to what is more than £1 billion w...
Scientists have warned that there is an alarming difference between the human-driven season's shifts and animals' behavioural changes.
Climate disruption is reaching speeds that...
Studies from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have shown that many areas of Dublin have high levels of the pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), at the...
For the first time in the UK, low-carbon energy has been revealed to make the majority of electricity in the grid.
According to official data, a rapid rise in renewable energy, combined wit...
In October 2016, Hertfordshire County Council agreed in principle a proposal by Veolia to construct an energy recovery facility on Ratty's Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The facility would have ha...
With the publication of the new Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Ionising Radiation) Regulations SI 30/2019 for Ireland, new provisions for radiation protection legisl...
A car and commercial vehicle component manufacturer has been fined after two employees suffered burns whilst cleaning a distillation tank.
Cheltenham Magistrates' Court heard how in July 20...
There has been a clear influx of responses on the published 'Resources and Waste Strategy' which demonstrates a clear direction that the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson nee...
A panel that reports to the Scottish Government has recommended a charge for single-use coffee cups to attempt to encourage the use of more reusable cups.
The Expert Panel on Environmental...
2019 is forecast to be a record-breaking year for air travel, and as such dramatic increases of CO2 emissions will equally occur.
Taking a long haul flight (more than 3 hou...
A new crowdfunded campaign is challenging in court the industry's plans to release an estimated 50 million non-native pheasants and partridges into the British countryside each year. The campaign i...
The UK government has spent £680 million of its foreign aid budget on fossil fuel projects since 2010, analysis says.
The analysis highlights the UK's failure to align diplomatic, tra...
If you've visited London recently, you'll have noticed the buildings are getting higher and ever more ambitious and modern. In recent years we've seen the development of the Shard, the Gherkin, the...
