A health and safety report has revealed a series of concerns at the Craigavon Golf and Ski Centre. One of the most serious revelations of the dossier was the use of tape to repair a frayed cable o...
Bluetongue disease has been detected in Northern Ireland for the first time. However, because of the circumstances Northern Ireland remains officially bluetongue free, since an outbreak is only co...
A Ballintoy sheep farmer who erected barriers preventing walkers from accessing part of the Causeway Coast claims to have taken the measure for health and safety reasons. Unfortunately, although S...
A record fine of £225,000 has this month been given to a Telford wine company guilty of packaging offences. Western Wines Limited pleaded guilty to nine charges under the Producer Responsibility O...
Registering for membership of Blockbuster Video stores is harder to achieve than registering on the Environment Agency's waste carrier database, a senior
A firm that admitted discharging 120 million litres of raw sewage into the Firth of Forth has been fined £13,500. Veolia Water Outsourcing, known at the time of the incident as Thames Water Servic...
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that drivers of high-powered sports cars will have to pay a new £25 charge every time they enter central London, under plans to reduce congestion and cut...
Widespread water metering, plans to phase out phosphates from cleaning products and new planning rules to reduce storm water run-off are just a few of the issues tackled in the Government's new wat...
The Northern Ireland Water Company has been fined a trifling sum of £100, after untreated sewage was discovered in two West Belfast rivers. Belfast Magistrates Court heard that an
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...
