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Applications Deadline Closing Soon for the ICSH Allianz Community Housing Awards 2025

Posted by on May 20, 2025 · Leave a Comment 

The ICSH Allianz Biennial Community Housing Awards 2025 offers a platform to demonstrate innovation and sustainability in public housing projects that our approved housing bodies members, Tipperary County Council and the Land Development Agency deliver for communities across the country. The 2025 Awards recognise excellence across eight individual categories. The ICSH seeks category entries from both urban and rural projects that communicate […]

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Minister Dillon welcomes Your Council Day spotlight on vital work of local authorities

Posted by on July 5, 2024 · Leave a Comment 

Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Alan Dillon TD, has today encouraged the public to engage with Your Council Day 2024 where all 31 local authorities join together to highlight the important work carried out by their employees up and down the country. Co-ordinated by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), […]

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IFA Launch ‘No Dogs Allowed’ Campaign – Government and Local Authorities Failing to Address Issues

Posted by on March 8, 2024 · Leave a Comment 

Launching IFA’s 2024 ‘No Dogs Allowed’ campaign, IFA President Francie Gorman said the Government and Local Authorities continue to ignore the deepening issue of dog attacks on livestock. He said IFA first launched the ‘No Dogs Allowed’ campaign in 2021 and despite continuous appeals for action, both the Government and Local Authorities have failed to address the issue. “The lack of […]

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Local authorities must prioritise environmental protection to improve air and water quality and increase waste recycling

Posted by on November 14, 2023 · Leave a Comment 

Local Authorities play a vital role in protecting our environment and carried out over 197,000 environmental inspections in 2022. Local authorities need to prioritise enforcement of the roll-out and use of 3-bin systems to improve segregation of household and commercial waste. More local authority farm inspections and follow-up enforcement is needed to reduce the impact […]

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More focused and co-ordinated enforcement is needed by local authorities to protect water and air quality, cautions EPA

Posted by on December 18, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

Local authority inspection numbers remained high (180,000 in 2020) despite the impact of COVID-19. However, water inspections decreased by 30 per cent and air and noise inspections decreased by 10 per cent. Focused water quality enforcement and follow through on non-compliances in key areas such as farm and septic tank inspections needs improvement. The burning of non-complaint […]

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More action is needed by Local Authorities to protect Air and Water Quality warns EPA

Posted by on March 11, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

The EPA has today released its report on local authority environmental enforcement activities for 2019. There has been an increase in local authority inspection and enforcement activities relating to waste and litter. Further action and coordination are needed to ensure compliance with air legislation, with a focus on fuels that are on sale and in […]

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ALONE warns that cocooning will have a long term impact on the physical health and wellbeing of older people

Posted by on May 12, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

   ALONE, the organisation which supports older people, has cautioned that current COVID-19 cocooning measures will have long term effects on the physical health and wellbeing of older people across the country. The organisation is concerned that current cocooning measures are causing a ‘health gap’ among older people which will have a negative impact on […]

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Those found Guilty of Illegal Dumping will be Prosecuted says Ireland’s Local Authorities

Posted by on May 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

City and county councils record as increase in reports of illegal dumping since the introduction of Covid-19 related restrictions. DCCAE ring-fence €1 million for measures that will stop this activity and catch the perpetrators     Ireland’s local authorities, funded by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment (DCCAE), have joined forces to […]

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Tipperary – ALONE receives more than 1,100 calls to helpline for older people in one day as cocooning measures are introduced

Posted by on April 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

The organisation welcomes the support of Tipperary County Council in running its Local Authority practical support lines and reminds older people that staying at home doesn’t mean they will be alone   ALONE, the organisation that supports older people, received more than 1,100 calls to their COVID-19 helpline for older people on Saturday following the […]

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Tipperary County Council tops the list of Local Authorities leading the way with energy reductions

Posted by on December 17, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

Tipperary County Council has taken top position among local authorities in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance. In 2017, the council achieved a 46% reduction in energy use.   The announcement comes after members of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action visited Tipperary in late November to […]

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