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The challenge, by Eco Advocacy CLG, based in Enfield, Co Meath, concerns a permission granted to Keegan Land Holdings for the development at Charterschool Land in Trim. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
European court to rule on Bord Pleanála’s reasons when excluding EPAs

A High Court judge wants the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) to rule on European law issues concerning whether An Bord Pleanála must give more speci(...)

Angela Dorgan, chairwoman of the National Campaign for the Arts: ‘There’s great frustration when we see other sectors getting back to life.’ Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Call for roadmap for reopening arts as sector is in ‘the danger zone’

Representatives of the arts sector are seeking the publication of a roadmap for reopening, expressing concern it is in “the danger zone” with fears of(...)

Organist Fergal Caulfield rehearsing on stage at National Concert Hall for a special performance of Faure’s Requiem dedicated to victims of Covid-19. Photograph: Mark Stedman
‘We need to be nimble’: Battered cultural institutions adapt to pandemic

Ireland’s national cultural institutions, normally filled with thousands of visitors each month, have been left empty for much of the past year as a r(...)

The development was designated a strategic housing project, which allows a developer to apply directly to An Bord Pleanála for planning approval. Photograph: iStock
Environmental group wins leave to challenge Trim planning permission

An environmental group has obtained leave to bring a legal challenge aimed at overturning planning permission for a development of 320 residential uni(...)

Rosalie Flanagan in 2007. She is a former permanent secretary to the North’s Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. File photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire
Former NI civil servant appointed joint head of Disappeared commission

Rosalie Flanagan, a former senior Northern Ireland civil servant, has been appointed to the commission charged with finding the bodies of the Disappea(...)

Sinead O’Connor has been awarded €4,700 through the €1.7 million Music Industry Stimulus Package. File photograph: Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images
Some musicians dissatisfied with ‘Lord of the Flies’ Covid-19 funding process

Sinead O’Connor, Sharon Shannon and Damien Dempsey are among hundreds of musicians who will receive Government assistance to cope with Covid-19. O’Co(...)

Following on from the smash-hit Vikings (above), Valhalla is set 100 years later towards the end of the era and will dramatise the lives of historical characters such as Norse explorer, Leif Eriksson, and William the Conqueror.
Wicklow production of Vikings spin-off temporarily halted after virus tests

Filming of the new Vikings spin-off drama series for Netflix, Vikings: Valhalla, was temporarily suspended this week in Co Wicklow after close to a do(...)

Proinsias O’Rathaille, grandson of The O’Rahilly, pictured outside the house of The O’Rahilly at Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The Irish Times view on the O’Rahilly’s house: demolishing our past

There was widespread dismay this week over the demolition of the home of 1916 Rising leader The O’Rahilly, just two weeks after Dublin city councillor(...)

The O’Rahilly home was demolished. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Indecisiveness led to home of The O’Rahilly being demolished

Dublin City Council planners advised An Bord Pleanála this year to grant permission to builders to demolish the Herbert Park home of 1916 Rising leade(...)

In May, it emerged 23 common European buzzards were poisoned with carbofuran. Photograph: Frank Miller
The importance of cracking down on carbofuran
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  • September 17, 2020, 01:00

“Carbofuran has the unpleasant distinction of being so hazardous to wildlife, that it simply cannot be regulated or managed accordingly without mortal(...)

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