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Environmental Pillar asks incoming government to to set Ireland on the road to sustainable future
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Environmental Pillar, which is made up of 27 national environmental groups, has asked the incoming government to ensure that it protects the fundamental needs of our society and economy... -
Ireland to be fined €26 million and daily fines of €33,000
Posted on February 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe Environmental Pillar calls on the Government: to take seriously its role as protector of the natural resources that are fundamental to all life, including human; to fully implement the... -
Corrib Gas Pipeline Decision ‘legally flawed’
Posted on January 21, 2011 | No CommentsAn Bord Pleanála’s decision to approve planning permission for the final section of the Corrib gas pipeline in north Mayo has been condemned as ‘legally flawed by the Environmental Pillar... -
Environmental Pillar welcomes the Climate Change Response Bill
Posted on December 23, 2010 | No CommentsDublin – 16th December, 2010. The Environment Pillar of Social Partnership today welcomed the publication of the Climate Change Response Bill. However, it said the Bill’s ambition to transition Ireland... -
Environmental Pillar nominates Siobhán Egan to European Economic and Social Committee
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe Environmental Pillar of Social Partnership has elected Siobhán Egan from BirdWatch Ireland to be its representative on the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). She was elected by the... -
Environmental groups demand public inquiry into banks
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe Environmental Pillar of social partnership has welcomed the Government’s statement indicating its willingness to establish a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the banking crisis. “In the... -
A letter to the editor of the Irish Daily Mail
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsMany Daily Mail readers may oppose plans to survey the frog population of Ireland. The Environmental Pillar respects those views, which spring from a deep sense of the importance of... -
Carbon Tax will lead to improvements in quality of life
Posted on December 14, 2009 | No CommentsThe Environmental Pillar of social partnership has welcomed the introduction of a carbon tax in the budget. In its pre-budget submission it had called for a shift from taxes on... -
Councillors must be held accountable for development on flood plains
Posted on December 2, 2009 | No CommentsThe environmental pillar of social partnership is calling for councillors and county managers responsible for bad planning decisions to be held accountable. In a policy statement issued in response to... -
Budget must not jeopardize the environment
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsSocial Partners, the Environmental Pillar, say that the hard economic decisions to be taken in the December budget must only be taken when they have been placed in their environmental...
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