This report presents analyses of data on patients critically ill with confirmed COVID-19 reported to ICNARC up to 4pm on 16 April 2020 from critical care units participating in the Case Mix Programme (the national clinical audit covering all NHS adult, general intensive care and combined intensive care/high dependency units …
The Government has also admitted it is two years behind schedule in developing River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) to improve standards, and that targets to achieve better quality have been missed. The RBMPs set out how water quality can be improved and pollution reduced from wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, forestry …
The energy, mineral and chemical industry sectors reported the largest quantity of pollutant releases in 2013, figures published by the Environmental Protection Agency show. The agency published a report on Thursday on Ireland’s 2013 European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register for large industrial facilities. Overall there was a reduction in …
The UK is one of several countries around the world that has enacted legislation to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we present top-down emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) for the UK and Ireland over the period August 2012 to August 2014. These emissions were …
The Government is to consider a new lead strategy for drinking water. The Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly is to discuss a range of options to deal with the issue of lead in drinking water. Review of previous studies does not give us clear-cut answers in respect of many …
Some €360 million needs to be spent within the next six years on infrastructure to manage and regulate the waste of just over half the population of the State, according to a new waste plan for the eastern and midlands region. The Eastern-Midlands Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 aims to …
A Belfast packaging firm has said it is responsible for a pollution spill that caused the Blackstaff river to turn red. The spill was reported to the Department of Environment on Wednesday. In a statement to the BBC, director at Delta Packaging, Neal McCone, said it was a case of …
German insurers are likely to face damage claims of around 750 million euros ($808 million) from windstorm "Niklas", which struck the country on March 31, insurance trade body GDV said on Monday. That would make Niklas, which entailed wind speeds of up to 192 kilometers (119 miles) per hour, one …
A total of 94 per cent of Irish bathing waters are meeting stricter new EU standards, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. “Overall, the quality of Ireland’s bathing waters continues to be very good and new standards introduced in 2014 provide a much higher level of protection for bathers,” …
Europe will take a step closer towards a low-carbon power grid as Ireland starts work on a viable energy storage system in the coming weeks. The Hybrid-Flywheel plant stores kinetic energy when electricity is abundant, and returns that power to the grid when there are supply shortfalls. "It is not …
February was drier and cooler than average, according to Met Eireann’s latest weather report. Nearly all monthly rainfall totals were below average except for isolated stations in the west and southwest. Most stations reported around two-thirds or less of their expected rainfall for February. Rainfall was lowest at Phoenix Park …
Ireland has become the first country in Europe to ban branded cigarette packets. The Republic’s second chamber, the Seanad, passed the plain packaging law on Tuesday night, which also makes it illegal to sell cigarettes in lipstick-style containers designed for female smokers. The public health (standardised packaging of tobacco) bill …
All EU countries will have to cut the use of throwaway ‘plastic poison’ carrier bags by 80 per cent following a vote yesterday. The decision represents a victory for Daily Mail readers and the ‘Banish the Bags’ campaign, which launched in February 2008 with the backing of groups from the …
Apple today announced a $1.7bn plan to build two giant data centres in Europe, both powered by 100% renewable energy. The twin facilities – one in County Galway Ireland and one in central Denmark – will power the European version of Apple's online services, including the iTunes store and Maps. …
Irish Water and local officials have been urged to “bang heads together” to find a quick solution to a contaminated water supply in Co Galway which could affect about 1,000 people for two years. A boil water notice was issued to residents of Williamstown in late October and is likely …
2014 was wet, warm and sunny almost nationwide according to Met Éireann. Rainfall and sunshine levels were near or above the long-term average. The warmest day of the year was recorded in Durrow, Co Laois in July when temperatures reached 28.8C. Ireland had one of its warmest years in history …
The UK has the highest rate in the world of one of the two main cancers of the food pipe or gullet, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Men are around four times as likely as women to develop adenocarcinoma (AC), a type of oesophageal cancer, it says. Obesity could …
Ireland has won a significant breakthrough in its campaign to change the way emissions targets are calculated at EU level, potentially avoiding millions of euro in fines as the country struggles to meet its climate-change targets due to agricultural emissions. A summit of EU leaders next week in Brussels, which …
Seven years after first being proposed at government level, a climate change Bill moved a large step closer to becoming reality yesterday when it was included in the priority list of Government legislation. The long-awaited Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill was included among the 30 Bills on the …
Noisy planes are a nightmare for people staying near airports and in the vicinity of important flight paths. But that problem will soon get resolved, if the engineers at Trinity College, Dublin have their way. They are working on an EU project that seeks to reduce noise pollution and carbon …
A ban on advertising sugary drinks to children has been called for by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s (RCPI) policy group on obesity. The group highlights Coca Cola’s “Share a Coke” campaign and said under-12s were particularly vulnerable to such targeted marketing. Coca Cola puts names on its …
