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Here are the four bathing areas classified as having 'poor' quality water in Ireland 96% of beaches met EU standards last year. By Stephen McDermott Wednesday 12 May 2021, 12:10 AM May 12th 2021, 12:10 AM 64,903 Views 9 Comments Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie THE NUMBER OF designated bathing water locations in Ireland that met the EU’s minimum standards last year rose to 142, with 111 classified as...

Quantifying the greenness of construction products: the rise of environmental product declarations Climate breakdown and global ecological crises mean that our efforts to make buildings sustainable must go far beyond operational energy use – including number crunching and drastically reducing environmental impacts of building materials. John Cradden reports on progress in the uptake of the building blocks of life cycle analysis of buildings: Environmental Product Declarations. This article was originally published in issue 30 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to...

“Common ground is just that – the soil we tread on that gently holds us together,” he said. The conference was hosted by the new Shared Island Unit set up by the government to help maintain all-island relations post-Brexit. Speakers, including scientists, regulators and environmental activists, said while there were strong links and shared projects between universities and environmental groups north and south, official policy was not always so closely aligned. They raised concerns around the Brexit fall-out and what the implications may be for a Northern Ireland no longer bound by EU en...