Half a million people drink from ‘at-risk’ public water supplies – EPA
Over half a million people in Ireland are drinking from “at-risk” public water supplies while the number of communities under
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Environment
Extreme summer heat threat to Ireland: record temperatures ‘now 20 times more likely’
BREAKING | Extreme temperatures are getting hotter, happening more often and spreading wider. Photo: Getty Scientists are warning of a rapid
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Explainer: What is the Nature Restoration Law and why was it controversial?
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Festival-goers urged to forego deposit by leaving bottles and cans for charity
Re-turn, which operates the Deposit Return Scheme, is to supply branded bins at concert and match venues where containers can
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Eoghan Daltun: Irish nature is wrecked — we need a plan to bring back what we’ve lost
An often highly toxic, and very damaging, atmosphere has been allowed to develop — fostered even — in Ireland around
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Warning of weekend queues as ban on selling non-Deposit Return Scheme bottles and cans begins
Their advice comes as the number of people using reverse vending machines grows and the number of drinks eligible for
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Caroline O’Doherty: We need a month of Sundays for Deposit Return Scheme to hit recycling targets
The uptick in numbers of people using the Deposit Return Scheme is something to build on. Stock image Three million
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Nearly half of all septic tank inspections failed last year
Almost half of all septic tanks inspected last year failed, posing risks to human health and the environment. This is
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Public send complaints to minister Eamon Ryan about ‘punishing’ Deposit Return Scheme
These complaints include multiple letters from people with health issues and disabilities, as well as from immuno-compromised people, wondering if
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Information board blasted with a shotgun and land cut up by scrambler bikes among 34 vandalism cases reported by National Parks and Wildlife Service
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) said they had logged 34 cases where parks, natural heritage areas, or special
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