Nearly half of Ireland’s wastewater treatment plants serving urban centres are failing to achieve national and EU standards, according to a new report released today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [Read more…]
Zero Maintenance Buildings Creating Sterile Towns
January 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
McDonagh Junction Shopping Centre Kilkenny
Conference hears how using the heritage resources of a town can help it recover from the recession.
“Our drive for uncluttered, zero maintenance buildings is creating sterile, uninteresting towns which are unattractive not only tourists, but for high end multinationals seeking a suitable base for the highly skilled mobile professionals they employ”, according to Liam Mannix, Heritage Council’s Irish Walled Towns Network. [Read more…]
Dioxin Levels Below EU Limits
December 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Environmental Protection
The most recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on dioxin levels in the Irish environment shows that the dioxin levels in all of the samples tested were well below the relevant EU limits. The report is based on dioxin levels measured in cows milk in a survey carried out in 2010. The report also shows that dioxin levels measured in this survey compare favourably with those taken from similar surveys in the EU and other countries. [Read more…]
