Tipperary Site Included On Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priority Sites List
The Environmental Protection Agency has published a list of National Priority Sites for 2024. These sites are businesses and licensed operators who fail to meet EPA standards in certain areas. This list also allows the Environmental Protection Agency to effectively enforce their regulations in these premises for the benefit of the environment. Ways in […]
EPA Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report Shows Overall Decrease of 2.2%
The Environmental Protection Agency their greenhouse gas emissions report for the 1st Quarter of 2024. This report shows that progress has been made in reducing emissions from sectors including the Electricity Production, Industrial and Agricultural sectors. Overall, a reduction of 2.2% in Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions was recorded in the first Quarter of 2024. Emissions in other […]
Major Upgrades Needed to Bring Irish Wastewater Treatment Plants to EU Standards for Environmental Protection
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2023 report has highlighted the progress that has been made in the treatment of wastewater since the start of 2023. Despite the progress that has been made in the treatment of wastewater, the EPA has outlined that more needs to be done to prevent wastewater from entering […]
Environmental Protection Agency Releases ‘2024 State of the Environment Report’
The Environmental Protection Agency have released a report titled ‘2024 State of the Environment’ This report highlights the minimum effort attitude Ireland has displayed in terms of taking steps to protect the environment. The report demonstrates the country’s reliance on landfill sites and that although some steps have been taken to decrease the use of […]
Environmental Protection Agency Release ‘Air Quality in Ireland 2023’ Report
The Environmental Protection Agency has published a report on air quality in Ireland. This report contains data gathered from 115 monitoring stations across the country in 2023. According to the results of this report the main factors affecting Irish air quality are the burning of solid fuels in our homes which releases fine particles […]
EPA National Criteria to Help Reduce Construction Waste
The Environmental Protection Agency has published National By-product Criteria for Greenfield Soil and Stone. This allows for the classification of greenfield soil and stone as a by-product, meaning that it does not become waste. Soil and Stone that would normally be classified as waste becomes part of a circular economy where by-products from one site […]
Unmonitored private drinking water supplies are a potential risk to public health, says EPA.
According to the new Drinking Water Quality in Private Group Schemes and Small Private Supplies 2023 report by the Environmental Protection Agency many Irish people source their drinking water from small, unregistered supplies which may put their health at risk. Out of all the private supplies of water in Ireland only 1,665 have been registered […]
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 lowest in three decades
Emissions data released by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 6.8% in 2023 with reductions in almost every sector. This decrease is the largest greenhouse gas reduction in a single year in agricultural emissions, energy emissions and the lowest residential emissions levels since 1990. In 2023 the overall emissions […]
EPA Release Public Drinking Water Quality Report 2023
The Drinking Water Quality in Public Supplies Report 2023 has been released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This report has revealed that the quality of public drinking water supplies in this country remains very high. The report says that over 99.7% of samples taken from public drinking water were compliant with bacterial and chemical […]
Ireland should move towards achieving the health-based WHO air quality guidelines
Air quality in Ireland is generally good, however, there are concerning localised issues that are impacting negatively on the air we breathe. Ireland met all of its EU legal requirements in 2021, but it did not meet the new health-based WHO guidelines in 2021. Ireland and Europe should move towards achieving the health-based WHO air […]
