A call for an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be set up is being supported by politicians and members of the business community. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland th...
Environment Minister Arlene Foster has had a meeting with her Dublin counterpart, John Gormley, about the problems associated with the return of illegal waste that has been dumped in Northern Irela...
The operator of a landfill who had his waste management licence taken away in 2003, has been ordered to pay £400,000 by October, or face three years in jail.
Malachy Higgins has already serv...
Crumlin's household recycling facility is in line for a £40,000 renovation. The council's environmental services committee discussed the upgrading of the centre at a recent meeting, with the commi...
Figures have been released by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR), showing the progress made during the initial compliance period under the...
A County Down construction company has been heavily fined around £40,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation. Seapark Construction 2002 Ltd were investigated followi...
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 at Enniskillen Crown Court, B O'Neill Contracts were fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to two charges brought against them by the Health and Safe...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) are currently investigating an accident in which a cherry picker vehicle fell on two men in County Antrim. One...
Two companies, Leslie Wright & Son and MMM Design & Build Ltd, were each fined £50,000 after charges were brought against them by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ir...
The police are investigating allegations that a now bankrupt County Antrim haulage firm, Reid Transport of Cloughmills, was using child labour before it went into administration.
A teenager...
A County Fermanagh farmer, Philip Johnston, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment and fined £10,000 after being convicted of breaching the Waste and Contaminated Land Order (Northern Irel...
Government owned company Northern Ireland Water has described the reports that they have spent £16 million in six months on consultancy fees as "misleading." The company wa...
Two of Northern Ireland's biggest poultry producers have announced plans to build a power station which will produce electricity from chicken litter. Moy Park and O'Kane's chickens produce 250,000...
Air quality in Northern Ireland is continuing to improve, according to the latest data. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI), together with local...
It has been revealed this month that Antrim Residents are once again the biggest waste recyclers in Northern Ireland. According to data collected for Environment Minister Arlene Foster, Antrim Bor...
