Press releases
Environment Minister Launches Electronic Planning System
Press release July 1, 2009Minster for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government John Gormley, TD has today (1 July 09) launched a new policy for ePlanning, which is aimed at improving the planning system and making it easier and more efficient for both individuals and planning authorities.
Launch of the EPA report *STRIVE: Innovation for a Green Economy - Environment and Technology: A win-win story
Press release June 30, 2009Launch of the EPA report "STRIVE: Innovation for a Green Economy - Environment and Technology: A win-win story" by Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Minster Gormley to push for stronger nuclear safety measures in Europe
Press release June 25, 2009Ireland is to push for tighter safety standards in Europe's nuclear industry, said Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley TD, after EU Environment Ministers today (25 June 2009), agreed a new Nuclear Safety Directive.
GORMLEY ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRELAND ON REPATRIATION OF WASTE
Press release June 12, 2009The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley T.D. today (12/6/2009) announced that agreement had been reached with Northern Ireland to repatriate waste which originated in the Republic but which was illegally disposed of in Northern Ireland in the early part of this decade.
Gormley welcomes 39th annual Earth Day celebration
Press release June 5, 2009Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley T.D. today (5 June 09) welcomes World Environment Day 2009, 'since established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, World Environment Day has been an annual event for people to celebrate the earth and renew our commitment to building a safer, healthier and cleaner world for all of us.
New European Household Energy Price Index Reveals Startling Differences in Prices Paid by Customers
Press release June 1, 2009Depending on where an electricity or gas customer lives in Europe, the price that customer has to pay for electricity can be around 300% that of another country.
New European Household Energy Price Index Reveals Startling Differences in Prices Paid by Customers
Press release June 1, 2009Depending on where an electricity or gas customer lives in Europe, the price that customer has to pay for electricity can be around 300% that of another country.
New European Household Energy Price Index Reveals Startling Differences in Prices Paid by Customers
Press release June 1, 2009Depending on where an electricity or gas customer lives in Europe, the price that customer has to pay for electricity can be around 300% that of another country.
Finneran Opens Sligo Wastewater Plant
Press release May 25, 2009Mr. Michael Finneran T.D., Minister for Housing and Local Services has today (25 May 2009) officiated at the official opening of the Sligo Town Wastewater Treatment Scheme. This 29 million project provides Sligo with modern wastewater treatment facilities.
Turning Waste Into New Irish Jobs
Press release May 13, 2009Minister for Environment launches new Market Development Plan to create jobs from waste currently exported
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, A REAL AND PRESENT CHALLENGE
Press release April 27, 2009The fact is the consequences of climate change are occurring much faster than previously suggested and are worse than we first thought
Minister Gormley notes the publication of the EPA report
Press release April 22, 2009The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland 2007 and 2008