European Commission officials were steadfastly against efforts by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to maintain Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation ahead of an infamous Zoom meeting with the EU’s Environment Commissioner in September.
Dublin City Council has told the owners of the St Stephen’s Green shopping centre to reduce the scale and massing of their €100m rejuvenation plan by omitting “at least one floor level” from the scheme.
An estimated 2.4 tonnes of litter were removed from beaches around the Mayo coast as part of the Big Beach Clean initiative. The Big Beach Clean took place all .