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March 23rd, 2011 |
Thanks for taking the time to read our newsletter. Please help strengthen the environmental community in Ireland by submitting articles or notices of events. You can send your contributions to news@ien.ie. We are aiming to publish this eNewsbulletin every Tuesday. Please send material by Monday for inclusion the following day. If you wish to unsubscribe please follow the instructions at the bottom of this email. To read the full articles just click on the links. | Scrapping of N21 road plan welcomed ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS and local landowners in Co Limerick have welcomed the scrapping of a proposed new road between Abbeyfeale and Adare. The National Roads Authority told a meeting of Limerick County Council this week that the N21 project would not go ahead because there was no funding for it. The decision means that a freeze [...]
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Japanese Quake to have knock on effect on Irish Electricity Prices? As a result of the extraordinary and tragic domino effect of Japan's 8.9 earthquake last Friday, Ireland's energy market could be cruelly impacted warns the energy unit of An Taisce the National Trust for Ireland. With the possible meltdown of two Japanese nuclear plants and with others on high alert, that country's demand for Russian [...] |
Courses at CELT CELT are running 2 courses end of this month which are an introduction to Agroforestry which is about integrating trees into gardens or farms (but not as separate plantation areas) so that there are benefits to both trees and crops (or grazing animals, poultry, geese) providing added value to the production from the land. Course [...] |
VOICE seeks Marketing and Communications Intern VOICE seeks Marketing and Communications Intern: The successful candidate will collaborate with an external Business Development Consultant to implement VOICE's Marketing and Communications Strategy over a 3 month period. Working with VOICE's Coordinator, you will be involved with research, implementing strategies for increasing membership, and designing marketing material. The full job description is available by [...]
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Young People Rally For Environmental Justice March of the Penguins outside the Dail Students and young people gathered outside Dáil Eireann on Wednesday to rally for environmental justice. Many of them were dressed as penguins. The rally, organised by Young Friends of the Earth, aimed to demand that the new government take action on the mounting environmental crisis, which affects younger [...] |
The Pipe at The Sugar Club - Fundraising for An Taisce's Corrib Judicial Review "Fundraising event in The Sugar Club for An Taisce's Corrib Gas Pipeline Judicial Review Appeal - special showing of multi-award winning 'The Pipe' Wednesday 23rd in The Sugar Club" Risteard O'Domhnaill, director of the multi-award winning film "The Pipe" has most generously permitted us to show the 'Director's Cut' of his film. The Pipe Wednesday [...] |
Akira returns home, with sadness but hope On Sunday the 27th of March at 2pm 'Akira' a grey seal pup will be returned to the wild from Ballytrent Beach, St Helen's, Rosslaire, Co Wexford. Condition upon arrival: Underweight, respiratory infection(lungworm) infection in mouth Akira is a popular Japanese name for a boy, meaning 'intelligent' and this little seal was given the name [...] |
An Taisce invite President Obama to receive copy of ancestors fight against corruption An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland invite President Obama to visit Tailors' Hall from where his ancestor mounted a campaign against corruption in the city government. On the announcement of President Obama's visit to Ireland, An Taisce have re-issued their invitation to President Obama and his family to visit the 305 year old Tailors [...] |
All-Ireland Community Campaigns Gathering All Ireland Community Campaigns Gathering Saturday 26th of March 2011 10am-5pm Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvidere Court, Dublin This is a free event This is an open invitation to all community led campaign groups. By coming together we can share our experiences and find out how we can support each other to win. You and your [...] |
Seminar on Energy and Emissions in Ireland Energy and Emissions in Ireland Historical Analyses and Future Perspectives Seminar Invitation 8th April 2011 10:45-13:15 Room 327, 2nd Floor, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1. You are invited to a seminar to be hosted by The Futures Academy DIT in a joint event with UCC's Energy Policy and Modelling Research Group. Energy and emissions have [...] |
Three days to lights out EARTH HOUR SATURDAY 26 MARCH 8:30 - 9:30 During Earth Hour individuals as well as businesses and Government buildings all over the world will turn off their lights for one hour to demonstrate a global concern for the environment and global warming. 125 countries joined Earth Hour last year. 4000 cities took part. To demonstrate [...] |
Human Powered Cinema to Power Up for Earth Hour 2011 How many people does it take to show a movie?? Come to the top of South Kings St near the Gaeity @ 8 PM on March 26th and find out. Earth Talks and Open Air Cinema have teamed up to run an extra special event for Earth Hour 2011 Ireland's first human powered cinema presents [...] |
Grants forcing illegal fencing The environmental lobby group Friends of the Irish Environment [FIE] has written to the Minister for Agriculture claiming that new requirements for fencing of the uplands under the Single Area Payments and the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme are closing off traditional access to unenclosed countryside. Department officials have been advising farmers that to qualify for [...] |
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