Submission to Meath County Council on Navan to Kingscourt Greenway

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An Taisce carefully considering newly published Agri-Food 2030 Strategy

The Department of Agriculture have published their Agri-Food 2030 Strategy outlining the objectives for the agri-food sector for the next decade. An Taisce will carefully consider the final draft to ascertain if the fundamental failures which we previously identified have been addressed.
An Taisce responds to recent commentary on a current judicial review process

Out of respect for the court and the ongoing legal proceedings as part of the planning process for a large Glanbia cheese plant in Co. Kilkenny, An Taisce will not make any further comment on the case until the matter is decided.
Climate Bill - a significant step towards recognising the existential challenge

An Taisce considers the revised Climate Action Bill to be a significant improvement on the initial draft. The key need now is for urgent action in the short term to accelerate the changes necessary towards a post-carbon society
Hope Floats

In this short video, Elaine McGoff, An Taisce's Natural Environment Officer and mum of two young girls, explores parenting with hope in this time of climate and biodiversity crises. Inspired by the Brigid's day spotlight shining out across the Kildare darkness from the Hill of Allen, a symbol of hope for Imbolc, we hope this piece resonates with parents and communities bringing up children in a very uncertain world.

Submission on National Air Pollution Control Programme

In a submission on the National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP), An Taisce has called for actions on smoky peat, coal and wood burning, vehicles and animal agriculture ammonia to be advanced as public health and legal imperatives.
Initial Submission on the Fourth Review of the Nitrates Action Programme

An Taisce have raised a number of issues to be considered in the forthcoming review of the NItrates Action Programme, calling on the Department to provide a strengthened evidence base for the purposes of the review.
Report on Wastewater Treatment in Galway City

Thanks to extensive research by our Galway City Association, An Taisce has submitted a detailed report to the EPA on the ongoing wastewater treatment issues in Galway City. The report is based on analysis of multiple incidences of untreated wastewater being discharged into the River Corrib and the Galway Bay SAC in recent years.
An Taisce's Response to the Climate Bill 2020

An Taisce considers that the Climate Bill 2020 in its current form is not fit for purpose and is need of radical amendments to make it effective in addressing the climate emergency
Submission to Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Statement of Strategy 2021-2024

An Taisce's submission focuses on the need for an integrated approach that addresses the climate and biodiversity loss emergencies and agricultural diversification to meet the threats and opportunities of a more complex future.
Submission to the Department of Transport's Statement of Strategy 2021-2023

An Taisce's submission highlights the need for urgent action to create a modal shift in our movement patterns away from private car use towards public transport, cycling, and walking.
Proposal For Demolition Of O'Rahilly Home, Herbert Park, Dublin 4

An Taisce has made a submission to the application by Derryroe Ltd. for 105 apartments and an aparthotel extension at Herbert Park and Pembroke Place, which would include demolition of No 40 Herbert Park, the home of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly who died in the 1916 Rising.
Submission on the Draft National Marine Planning Framework

The Department of Housing Planning and Local Government recently published the Draft National Marine Planning Framework to meet the EU legal obligation for Governments to prepare a marine plan, which considers economic, social and environmental aspects to support sustainable maritime development. The Draft NMPF is simply a business-as-usual approach that fails to fully integrate and prioritise biodiversity and climate concerns.
An Taisce Appeal of Proposed Cheese Plant

An Taisce appealed the decision by Kilkenny County County Council to grant permission to Glanbia and Dutch company Royal-A-Ware for a cheese plant on the grounds that the environmental impacts were not sufficiently assessed
Submission: proposed change of use of "The Dead" house

An Taisce has sent a submission to Dublin City Council, urging that a proposed conversion of No. 15 Usher’s Island, setting for James Joyce’s The Dead, to a 56-bed hostel should not be permitted.

Environmental NGOs call time on government-sanctioned environmental destruction

An Taisce welcomes the decision of the Environmental Pillar, of which An Taisce is an active member, to resign from the Agri-Food 2030 Committee. We join the Pillar in denouncing the strategy produced by this committee as entirely inadequate to meet the social and environmental challenges facing us.
An Taisce carefully considering newly published Agri-Food 2030 Strategy

The Department of Agriculture have published their Agri-Food 2030 Strategy outlining the objectives for the agri-food sector for the next decade. An Taisce will carefully consider the final draft to ascertain if the fundamental failures which we previously identified have been addressed.
An Taisce responds to recent commentary on a current judicial review process

Out of respect for the court and the ongoing legal proceedings as part of the planning process for a large Glanbia cheese plant in Co. Kilkenny, An Taisce will not make any further comment on the case until the matter is decided.
Irish water quality trends in the wrong direction

The EPA released the Water Quality in 2019 report today, indicating that over one third of rivers and a quarter of lakes are failing to meet their environmental quality standards for nutrients, with serious consequences for the health of Irish waters.
Ireland still among Europe’s climate laggards – new study

Despite improvements in our use of renewable energy, Ireland remains among the worst in Europe on overall climate action, according to the newly released 2021 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) Index of almost 60 states.
A Significant Step Towards Stronger Climate Action

Today’s Pre-Legislative Scrutiny on the draft of the Climate Bill 2020 by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action makes important recommendations to help shore up what has been widely criticised as a flawed and problematic Climate Bill.
Climate Bill - a significant step towards recognising the existential challenge

An Taisce considers the revised Climate Action Bill to be a significant improvement on the initial draft. The key need now is for urgent action in the short term to accelerate the changes necessary towards a post-carbon society
CETA Vote Imperils Irish Climate and Nature Action

At Saturday’s extraordinary general meeting of An Taisce, members across the country expressed outrage that such an important matter would be rushed through the Dail. They called for TDs to postpone the vote to ratify the agreement which would mean Ireland would be saying yes to the investment protection mechanism and called for the Government to allow proper time for public debate and scrutiny.
Climate Bill 2020 currently not fit for purpose

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 as it is currently constituted, is not fit for purpose and requires radical and extensive amendments, according to An Taisce’s formal submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action
An Taisce's Response to the Climate Bill 2020

An Taisce considers that the Climate Bill 2020 in its current form is not fit for purpose and is need of radical amendments to make it effective in addressing the climate emergency

Application by ESB for change of use from museum to residential at Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2

This proposal by the ESB to close the Georgian House museum at Fitzwilliam Street would represent the loss of a thirty-year-old heritage and cultural visitor attraction and educational resource for the city Read more