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PRESS RELEASE: Citizens' Assembly must call for referendum on constitutional right to environmental protection
11 August 2017
The Citizens’ Assembly must call for a referendum to give a constitutional right…
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PRESS RELEASE: Strict enforcement on hedgerow cutting to avoid further devastation to wildlife and habitats
1 August 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar reiterates that hedgerow cutting rema…
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PRESS RELEASE: Environmental NGOs slam Minister of State's climate speech in New York
21 July 2017
Immediate Release The government should focus on its own mitigation efforts inst…
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PRESS RELEASE: New Seanad Report on Brexit's threat to the environment welcomed by environmental groups
11 July 2017
Immediate Release Ireland’s leading environmental coalition welcomes the Seanad…
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PRESS RELEASE: Three key budget policies to net over €200m in revenue and protect environment
10 July 2017
Immediate Release Leading environmental organisation outlines three key budget…
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Historic Bill to ban onshore fracking a boost for the global climate movement, says Ireland's leading environmental organisation
28 June 2017
Today’s passing of the historic Bill to ban onshore fracking is a great victory…
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PRESS RELEASE: CONFERENCE BREXIT AND IMPACT ON THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT, 16 June 2017
16 June 2017
Crucial cross-border cooperation to protect the environment across the island of…
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Press Release: Pillar wholeheartedly denounces Trump's withdrawal from Paris Agreement
1 June 2017
President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement shows a p…
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Press Release: Post-Brexit cross-border cooperation crucial to protect the environment and tackle climate change
1 June 2017
Post-Brexit cross-border cooperation crucial to protect the environment and tack…
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Press Release: Pillar outlines key budget policies to net €215m in revenue and limit environmentally damaging practices
31 May 2017
May 31st, 2017 Immediate Release Leading environmental organisation outlines thr…
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Press Release: Ireland named & shamed at international awards ceremony for subsidising peat burning
22 May 2017
Immediate Release Ireland was among nine countries named and shamed at the Fossi…
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Press Release: Ireland's National Biodiversity Week 2017 launches with 50 FREE events taking place all across Ireland
16 May 2017
For Immediate Release The Irish Environmental Network is delighted to announce t…
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Press Release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen by Environmental Pillar in Galway
15 May 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar in Galway with In…
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Press Release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen by Environmental Pillar in Athlone
11 May 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar in Athlone with I…
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Press Release: National Biodiversity Week Competition for Moonlight Kayak on Lough Hyne, Europe's most unique marine habitats
10 May 2017
For Immediate Release To celebrate the launch of National Biodiversity Week 2017…
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Press Release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen by Environmental Pillar, Co Limerick
3 May 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar with MEP Liadh Ni…
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Press release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen by Environmental Pillar, Co Cork
27 April 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar with MEP Liadh Ni…
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Press Release: Draft National Mitigation Plan wholly inadequate to tackle climate change, say leading environmental organisations
26 April 2017
The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly in…
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Press Release: 500 organisations sign open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker urging him to protect our soil
20 April 2017
500 organisations sent an open letter to the President of the European Commissio…
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Press Release: Environmental organisations welcome recommendation of Oireachtas Committee to ban fracking
12 April 2017
Environmental organisations welcome the recommendation of the Oireachtas’ enviro…
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Press Release: Environmental organisations deeply concerned at water charges debate
11 April 2017
Environmental organisations are deeply concerned at the absence of a set charge…
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Press Release: Over 80 Irish civil society groups, including unions, farmers and business owners, are calling on MEPs to reject the EU Canada trade deal
12 January 2017
A coalition of Irish farmers, environmentalists, trade unionists, global justice…
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Press Release: Over 450 European and Canadian civil society groups urge legislators to reject CETA
28 November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada tod…
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Press Release: Environmental groups concerned that EU Parliament will not be allowed to scrutinise the CETA trade deal with Canada
23 November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Today a resolution to seek an opinion from the European Court of J…
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Press Release: Climate change IS the challenge of our generation but Budget 2017 falls FAR short of what is needed
17 October 2016
Budget 2017 may have brought measures to move Ireland’s transport and energy sec…
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Taxing environmentally damaging practices and giving the money back through investment should be a key initiative of Budget 2017
1 September 2016
Environmental groups are calling on the government to tax environmentally damagi…
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Press Release: New European Climate Change targets let Ireland off the hook but they will not keep global warming below 1.5C target
20 July 2016
More regular flooding, aggressive storms and drought will be outcome of watering…
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New report shows Irish agriculture is neither 'climate-smart' nor sustainable
20 July 2016
Irish cattle less climate-efficient than European average and emissions per head…
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Environmental Pillar welcomes moves to place levies on disposable containers, but calls for further action.
19 July 2016
The Environmental Pillar welcomed the proposals by officials in the Department o…
