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It has been the end of an era for the midlands in the last number of weeks, with the closures of the West Offaly Power Station at Shannonbridge and Lough Ree Power Station at Lanesborough.
As much as people have looked back on times gone by, with many having spent years working in the peat-powered electricity production industry in the area, others are looking forward to seeing how a just transition may be achieved.
One such person is Seamus Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link, chair of the Peatlands Council and, most recently, with the start of the 2020 to 2025 term of office of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), is the new president of its Diversity Europe Group.
Forestry backlog continues as licences overturned due to biodiversity concerns
Noteworthy analysis reveals serious concerns remain over environmental assessments undertaken by the State prior to granting plantation forestry licences. By Niall Sargent Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 30th 2020, 7:00 AM 18,363 Views 16 Comments
THE FORESTRY APPEALS Committee has set aside forestry licences in over half of its decisions since the end of October over concerns with environmental assessments carried out by the Forest Service, a
Noteworthy analysis reveals.
The Forest Service sits under the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) and grants all forestry licences for afforestation, felling and thinning.
All applications must undergo assessment for potential environmental impact on any of the 430 EU-designated protected nature sites
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Bundoran RNLI launched to assist man trapped on rocks Posted: 2:30 pm December 21, 2020
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A man aboard a small boat which ran aground on rocks off Inis Saimer island in Ballyshannon was rescued yesterday by volunteers from Bundoran RNLI with assistance from officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland.
The first call for help came from the man on the boat who had placed an emergency call to the Irish Coast Guard at Malin Head just before 1pm. The lifeboat was immediately requested to launch as was the Sligo based Rescue 118 helicopter.
On examination of the situation, it was determined, that due to sea conditions, it would be unsafe for the lifeboat to launch and try get across the bar at the end of the Erne Estuary. Subsequently four volunteer crew made their way by road to a fisheries boat, helmed by one of their officers, which was already at the Mall Pier in Ballyshannon approximately 50 metres from the casualty vessel.
Bundoran Lifeboat Crew Help Rescue Man from Boat Aground Off Ballyshannon
21st December 2020
File image of Bundoran RNLI’s inshore lifeboat William Henry Liddington
Credit: RNLI/Nicholas Leach
Volunteers from BundoranRNLI were part of a multi-agency operation to rescue a man whose small boat ran aground on rocks in Ballyshannon yesterday afternoon (Sunday 20 December).
The man raised the alarm from his boat which had run aground off the island of Inis Saimer just before 1pm, and Malin Head Coast Guard requested the launch of Bundoran’s lifeboat as well as the Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118.
However, it was determined that sea conditions would render it unsafe for the inshore lifeboat to get across the bar at the end of the Erne Estuary.
A man was rescued from the Erne Estuary after his boat ran aground on rocks yesterday afternoon.
He was rescued by volunteers from Bundoran RNLI with assistance from officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland.
The first call for help came from the man on the boat who had placed an emergency call to the Irish Coast Guard at Malin Head just before 1pm.
The lifeboat was immediately requested to launch as was the Sligo based Rescue 118 helicopter.
On examination of the situation, it was determined, that due to sea conditions, it would be unsafe for the lifeboat to launch and try get across the bar at the end of the Erne Estuary.