Ian Lumley
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New peat-cutting rules mean bog destruction will continue, says action group
- Environment
- February 5, 2019, 01:00
Changes in planning rules will mean commercial peat operators will not have to seek planning permission and allow them to operate without comprehensiv(...)

ESB International coal contract criticised at UN climate conference
- Environment
- December 12, 2018, 20:17
The Government should cancel a 10-year contract won by ESB International to run a new coal-fired electricity power station in the Philippines, environ(...)

Push to finalise rulebook on implementing Paris agreement
- Environment
- December 7, 2018, 18:00
The pace of negotiations at the UN climate talks has quickened in advance of politicians returning to Katowice in Poland this weekend. An attempt to f(...)

Drone filming on Skellig Michael poses risk to puffins, warns An Taisce
- Environment
- June 4, 2018, 17:02
An Taisce has expressed concern about the impact of drone use on Skellig Michael’s seasonal puffin population during filming of a documentary on the U(...)

An Taisce urges Minister to intervene over ‘rebranding’ of Skellig Michael
- Environment
- December 20, 2017, 19:57
An Taisce has urged Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan to intervene over the “rebranding” of Kerry’s Skellig Michael as a “Disney-Lucasfilm fantasy (...)

Fears for future of historic Glasnevin house following fire
- Heritage
- August 12, 2017
Concern is growing for the future of one of Ireland’s first Art Deco houses, following a large fire which destroyed buildings on its grounds this week(...)

Heritage body An Taisce is seeking urgent action from Dublin City Council to halt the dereliction of the historic Iveagh Markets, which were to have r(...)

Listed La Touche Hotel in Greystones suffers partial collapse
- Irish News
- March 10, 2017, 14:47
Storms are being blamed for the partial collapse of a glass and wooden facade at the former La Touche Hotel in Greystones, Co Wicklow. The listed Vi(...)

Planning refused for extension to Liffey Valley centre
- Environment
- February 10, 2017, 20:47
Plans for a €150 million extension to Liffey Valley shopping centre have been refused after it was ruled it would worsen traffic congestion on Dublin(...)

People power sends Broadstone Luas wall back to the drawing board
- Homes & Property
- January 19, 2017, 01:00
Fair play to the good burghers of Phibsborough who have stemmed – or at least temporarily delayed – the tide of progress in the interest of aesthetics(...)