Northern Ireland's antiquated water and sewerage infrastructure has received a much needed boost this month, with the news of various completed and on-going schemes. The schemes are the result of...
Euro MPs have voted in favour of ending the UK's opt-out from laws limiting the working week to 48 hours. The vote puts the EU on a collision course with the UK Government, which is determined to...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has this month launched a three month consultation on its new strategy "The Health and Safety System of Great Britain Be Part of the S...
A nursing and care home company has been fined £4,000 over the death of an 86-year-old man in one of its homes.
The man, who suffered from dementia, died after he trapped his neck between a...
Belfast City Council is to stand trial over the death of a man at a landfill site, it has been confirmed this month.
In an unprecedented action, the council is being prosecuted for allegedly...
Warnings are being given about the little-known environmental impact of computer and internet use.
Harvard University academic, Dr Alex Wissner-Gross, who is leading research into the enviro...
The UK's largest waste management company, Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd, has this month been ordered to pay £166,000 in fines and costs following an incident at its hazardous waste treatm...
Local authorities across the country have turned their back on a Government recycling scheme which could have seen those leaving the most waste penalised. No councils have chosen to take part in a...
Three-quarters of Northern Ireland's rivers are polluted beyond acceptable levels, Northern Ireland Assembly members have heard this month. In tests carried out between 2005-2007, rivers were grad...
Councils and waste management operators in Northern Ireland are to be allowed temporary increases in storage capacity following the downturn in the Recycling markets. The North...
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 has now come into force, bringing in a number of key changes to existing legislation. It increases penalties and provides courts w...
Theme parks and fairgrounds must make sure that all staff are properly trained and supervised, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has insisted this month. The warning f...
Belfast City Council has admitted failing to ensure the safety of a man who died at the Dargan Road rubbish dump over two years ago. The council's director of legal services was at Belfast Crown C...
A builder has been left in a critical condition after the collapse of a two storey house on Hill Street in Ballymena, where associated builder's scaffolding also collapsed. A spokesman for the
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has called for a change in the law in order to make it an offence to be in possession of poisons used to illegally kill wildlife. This comes aft...
