Dublin City Council has officially opened the Canal Way Cycle Route. The 3.6 km off-road cycle route runs from Portobello to Sheriff St along the Grand Canal. It passes Leeson St Bridge, Dublin’s Docklands and over Samuel Beckett Bridge. It is the first part of a planned cross city, off-road cycle route. The route has … Read more
The Heritage Council has launched its Strategic Plan 2012-2016, which focuses on developing the value of the heritage sector to employment, education and the quality of heritage tourism. The Heritage Council’s five year Strategic Plan identifies 16 objectives focused on supporting employment, education and awareness, and heritage-based tourism. Supporting employment through investment in heritage infrastructure … Read more
Dublin City Council has won The Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) Awards for 2012 in two categories – Best Environmentally Friendly Initiative and Best Public Park 2012. Kilbarrack Fire Station’s Green Plan won the Best Environmentally Friendly Initiative category. The award recognises the pioneering work achieved in writing and implementing the Green Plan for Kilbarrack … Read more
An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, and South and East Cork Area Development (SECAD) have launched an innovative ‘Green Your Community’ training programme. The ‘SECAD Green Your Community’ training programme is aimed at empowering and supporting communities in the enhancement of their local environment. Through the ‘SECAD Green Your Community’ training programme, community groups … Read more
More punitive penalties, regular inspections, the introduction of a registration system and an overhaul of current legislation for licensing people who sell oil are crucial to tackling the problem of fuel laundering. Following meetings with a number of stakeholders and interested parties, the Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht has identified five … Read more
Limerick County Council has reported a rise in the number of people calling its freephone litter line. An estimated 1,200 phone calls were received in 2011 and this year the Council says it is hoping to encourage even greater numbers of people to report incidences of litter in their local community. The figures were released … Read more
The Government has set out its proposals for the registration and inspection of septic tanks including a reduced inspection fee for the first three months of the new regime. “To act as an incentive for owners to register early, I have decided to set the registration fee at €5 instead of the proposed €50 for the … Read more
Spending by large UK firms on energy, environment and sustainability initiatives will grow at an average of 16% a year between 2012 and 2015, according to a new market forecast from independent analyst firm Verdantix. The growth in sustainable business spending in 2012 will be 12% which is twenty times faster than the forecasted growth … Read more
Declan Arthur from Waterford has been awarded the inaugural Ciaran King Graduate Travel Scholarship by the DIT Foundation. The Scholarship scheme was established to honour the memory of the late Ciarán King – engineer, environmentalist and social entrepreneur. It provides the opportunity to a DIT graduate to spend three months working on renewable energy projects … Read more
Statutory planning guidelines for local authorities on Spatial Planning and National Roads have been published. The Guidelines are aimed at ensuring that local authorities, in their planning and transport roles work proactively with the National Roads Authority ensuring that transport and land use planning considerations are taken into account at the early stages of both … Read more