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 …
Plastic bag use in Northern Ireland has fallen by almost three quarters since a 5p tax was introduced last year, the Department of the Environment has said. About 215 million fewer bags were used and £4.1 million raised through the levy for environmental spending. It was the first set of …
Over 2,000 people living in older housing estates on the north side of Limerick city have been advised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) not to drink their water or use it for for preparing food, following the detection of elevated lead levels. Irish Water was aware of elevated levels …
Hundreds of residents on the north side of Limerick city might not be able to drink their tap water for up to a year as Irish Water works to eliminate elevated lead levels. Some 356 houses in Kileely were issued with notices yesterday warning them not to drink the water …
A perceived risk to the recently introduced white-tailed sea eagle is one of the main reasons cited by An Bord Pleanála for turning down a proposed nine-turbine wind farm in the Kerry-Cork border area near Kilgarvan. Kerry County Council had refused the 10-year permission sought for the renewable energy development …
Dublin’s north inner city remains a litter “black spot” according to Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal), despite a crackdown on illegal dumping in the area announced by Dublin City Council last year. Three Dublin districts are among the four dirtiest places in the State, according to Ibal, with Dublin’s north …
Dublin’s north inner city remains a litter “black spot” according to Irish Business Against Litter (Ibal), despite a crackdown on illegal dumping in the area announced by Dublin City Council last year. Three Dublin districts are among the four dirtiest places in the State, according to Ibal, with Dublin’s north …
The volume of municipal waste “recovered” through incineration and recycling has exceeded than the tonnage being sent to landfill for the first time since records began, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In its 2012 National Waste Report, the EPA said 59 per cent of municipal waste was recovered that …
Irish Water has warned hundreds of householders in an area on the north side of Limerick City their water is not safe to drink. Representatives from the company have dropped leaflets around to homes in Ballynanty advising residents not to drink their tap water due to the possibility of lead …
Dublin City Council and Inland Fisheries Ireland are investigating the source of pollution, which has killed hundreds of fish in the River Tolka on Dublin’s northside. The waterway has become choked with a white foam over a 2km stretch from the Finglas Road Bridge near Glasnevin Cemetery, to Griffith Park, …
A temporary ban on swimming has been placed at Sandymount Strand after water quality there failed to meet the minimum standard for bathing. Dublin City Council announced the temporary prohibition of bathing notice today following the analysis of a bathing water sample taken on Friday. In a statement, the council …
Procter & Gamble's global waste reduction leader Dr Forbes McDougall has underlined the company's commitment to finding innovative ways to deal with its waste materials. Successes include converting scrap material from the manufacture of Pampers-branded nappies and wipes into upholstery filling, and composting the waste generated from the production of …
The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced £6.5m of funding for two on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in Northern Ireland. The two plants are expected to generate enough renewable energy to power 1,700 households for a year and the reduction in greenhouse gasses will be the equivalent to taking 2,000 …
A U.K. Green Investment Bank-backed fund channeled 3.2 million pounds ($5.5 million) into two plants that will generate power from farm waste in Northern Ireland. The money from the U.K. Waste Resources & Energy Investments Fund, managed by Foresight Group LLP, will be used to support construction of the projects …
Smokers need to take responsibility for their littering behaviour, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has said, as a new survey shows more than half of the litter generated last year was cigarette-related. Commenting on the results of the nationwide littering report published today, Mr Hogan said citizens, and smokers …
Invasive species cost the Northern Ireland economy £46.5m each year, according to official figures. A report on the economic cost of invasive and non-native species across the island of Ireland was prepared by Invasive Species Ireland, for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and National Parks and Wildlife Service. The …
Almost 80 per cent of the 796 children who died in the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam did not live to see their first birthday. Figures provided by the General Register Office, via the Department of Social Protection, show measles, whooping cough and influenza were some of …
More than 60 trained Bord na Móna employees are monitoring fire-prone areas Bord na Mona has warned of the dangers of wild fires as the fine weather has resulted in a “high risk” of blazes. More than 60 trained Bord na Móna employees are monitoring fire-prone areas as temperatures soar. …
The Republic of Ireland has become the first country in Europe to try to pass a law banning the sale of branded cigarette and tobacco packets. The proposed legislation would force tobacco firms to use plain packaging, removing all logos and trademark colours from cigarette packets. Irish Minister for Health …
Nearly a third of all private wells in Ireland are contaminated with E. coli and contain water that is unsafe for consumption, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said. Recent studies revealed that Ireland has the highest incidence of VTEC (Verotoxigenic E. coli), a particularly nasty form of the bacteria, …
Ireland is now unlikely to meet EU targets for a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from agriculture, transport and the built environment, according to the latest report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency said that, even under the “best case scenario”, emissions would …
