Media Centre
Communicating the work of the Environmental Pillar to policy makers, the media and the public is a central aim of the organisation.
If you are a member of the media looking for a spokesperson on any topic relating to the environment please get in contact with our Communications Officer, Ciaran Brennan.
Our member organisations include all the main environmental NGOs in the country and cover everything from local habitat protection to global climate change.
Ciaran Brennan
Communications Officer
Environmental Pillar
Email: ciaran@ien.ie
Press Releases
Minister Creed must end overfishing or risk fisheries closures
November 27th, 2019 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inaction to ensure sustainable fishing levels has created a situation…
Environmental groups outline shock at proposed planning Bill
IMMEDIATE RELEASEIreland’s leading environmental coalition is shocked at the Minister for Housing’s attempt to press…
Budget 2020: Climate ambition still lacking
Immediate Release Ireland’s largest environmental coalition has said it is disappointed that Budget 2020 has…
Budget 2020: Four steps to fund a Green New Deal for Ireland
Immediate Release: 4 October 2019 The Government can tackle out of control emissions and fund…
New plan won't bring about promised climate policy revolution
The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and the Environmental Pillar have carried out a detailed assessment…
Climate Plan: Environmental coalition welcomes plans to boost ailing funding
Immediate Release, 18 June 2019 Environmental coalition welcomes plans to boost ailing funding but still…
Environmental coalition welcomes Green Wave washing over Ireland
Immediate Release, 25 May 2019 The Green wave across European and local elections is a…
No deal Brexit poses major risk for Irish environment, GFA Committee hears
July 4th, 2019 Unleashing the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement and avoiding a…
NED: Sustainable revamp of policy to protect nature vital to State's future stability
Immediate ReleaseA sustainable revamp of State policy to protect nature is vital to tackling the…
All-of-Gov Climate Plan falls far short on biodiversity measures
Immediate Release Plan fails to join dots and see biodiversity protection as a solution to…
Environmental Coalition calls for comprehensive investigation into ESB oil leaks
Immediate release, 6 June 2019 The Environmental Pillar has welcomed the decision of the EPA…
Declaration of biodiversity and climate emergency warmly welcomed
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Environmental Pillar warmly welcomes the Dáil’s declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency.The…
Extinction crisis and climate emergency hot on Cork MEP hustings agenda
Irish must vote en masse for biodiversity & climate in upcoming elections, says environmental coalition…
Climate hot on the agenda at MEP husting in Dublin
Immediate ReleaseOver 150 citizens are set to gauge where EU election candidates stand on key…
Climate hot on the agenda at election hustings in Leitrim
Immediate Release Over 100 citizens are set to gauge where EU election candidates stand on…
Irish must vote en masse for climate action in European elections
Immediate Release Details for all three hustings are available here: http://tinyurl.com/y2uunejr It’s vital that citizens…
Biodiversity measures in Committee climate report welcomed
Immediate Release Calls from the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee to protect biodiversity and recognise the…
Report on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, Brexit & the Environment
The executive summary of the report is available here: https://nienvironmentlink.org/cmsfiles/Brexit-GFA-report-SUMMARY.pdf The full report is available…
Climate hot on the agenda as Irish youth tell MEP candidates to act on climate
Young Irish citizens on the frontline of climate activism took centre stage at an event…
Environmental coalition raises alarm over Skellig Michael management plan
January 10th 2019 – immediate release Environmental groups and the public are being left in…
