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In a new report, EirGrid suggests that the location of data centres and windfarms should be considered based on the electrical grid.

SHARING OPTIONS: The IFA has made a submission in response to the request for consultation on the proposed new scheme. The barriers to farm-based micro-generation must be removed from the proposed Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS), IFA environment chair Paul O’Brien has said. He said the scheme as currently proposed won’t work and that the scope needs to be widened. The IFA has made a submission in response to the request for consultation on the p...

February 18, 2021 6:45 am Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan has today (Thursday, February 18) taken the first step towards a nationwide ban on the sale and burning of smoky coal and the regulation of other fuels. The minister has launched a public consultation to seek views on the further regulation of solid fuel use for domestic home heating, and is inviting the public, health professionals, other experts, NGOs and those involved in the industry to give their ...

Government looking to impose ban on smoky coal and

€76 million investment announced for regional and local roads in Cork  These grants will supplement local authorities’ own resources expenditure on regional and local road projects.  The Government has today announced details of the 2021 investment programme for regional and local roads. A €555m funding package has been announced will allow approximately 3,100kms of roads to be maintained and 2,450kms to be strengthened. More than €76m will be invested in works in Cork including €66...

€10 million in EU funds for big midlands peat bog project Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie Micheal D Higgins on a visit to Abbeyleix Bog which was saved and rehabilitated by a community project in Laois );  ); The European Commission is to fund €10million towards a project which it is claimed will have a big peatlands rehabilitation element. Bord na Móna, which is coordinating the project, said the Peatlands and People project is a major national initiative that has won funding su...

Irish peatlands restoration project secures €10m in EU funding The Peatlands and People project aims to promote peatlands restoration as a positive step for climate action. The European Commission has granted funding for an Irish initiative highlighting the importance of peatlands to the planet’s future. Through the EU Life programme, €10m has been awarded to the Peatlands and People project led Bord na Móna, which aims to engage with people in Ireland and across the EU about the benefit...

Government to introduce legislation to ban licences for new oil and gas exploration Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan has obtained cabinet approval to introduce legislation to ban licences for new oil and natural gas exploration. The legislation will be included in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Amendment Bill, which will go before the Oireachtas shortly. Today’s (Tuesday, February 2) decision will ensure legislative effect is given to the commitment in th...

Some €10m in EU funding has been allocated to Ireland for a Peatlands and People project which will see a peatlands centre of excellence established. The project is to contribute to the long-term implementation of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan. Co-ordinated by Bord na Móna, together with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, National University of Ireland Galway and ERINN Innovation Ltd, with additional co-financing from Department of Agriculture, t...

January 21, 2021 11:17 am Funding of €1,764,000 has been announced for the Irish Environmental Network and its members in 2021, an increase of €704,000 on the level of funding provided in 2020. The Irish Environmental Network is made up of over 30 environmental groups from around the country including An Taisce, BirdWatch Ireland, the Irish Wildlife Trust, VOICE and Friends of the Earth. Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan said he is “very aware of the finan...