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 …
Sustainability of biomass as an energy source will be vital if Ireland achieves its renewable energy targets, a conference in Dublin has heard. It is claimed that Ireland needs to gather together significant quantities of biomass in order to hit its targets for 2020 and an EU-wide scheme for determining …
Defra has appointed a new radioactive waste management committee to cover the administration of waste across the UK and Northern Ireland. It will play a key role in the storage and disposal of radioactive waste, and be involved with the devolved administration in Northern Ireland on the implementation of geological …
A website is allowing people across Ireland to calculate their carbon footprint. Speaking at the launch, Environment Minister John Gormley said that everybody had a role to play in tackling climate change. Mr Gormley said: "Finding your carbon count number is only the first step. "The big commitment that we …
Ireland's wind farms are facing varied and time-consuming problems in reaching EU proposals on renewable energy. By 2020 Ireland has to cut carbon emissions by 20% and increase renewable energy to 16%. To meet the targets, between 300 and 400 MW need to be connected to the grid annually, however …
New regulations to control the export of waste from Ireland for recycling and recovery have been announced by the minister for the environment, heritage and local government. The Waste Management Regulations 2008 were unveiled by Environment Minister John Gormley. The regulations introduce a registration system for waste brokers and dealers …
The world's largest tidal turbine, weighing 1,000 tonnes, has been installed in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. It is the first commercial tidal turbine, which will generate enough energy to power a thousand local homes. The turbine will begin operations later this year. It will be positioned 400 metres off the …
Climate change could have "severe implications" for the Irish economy if its effects on water supply are not addressed, an expert has warned. Water supplies could be stretched by climate change Dr Conor Murphy, climate change expert and hydrologist, outlined his fears to the annual Engineers Ireland Conference in Limerick. …
A grass-roots movement to generate power in towns and basements is challenging the energy industry's status quo. In the late 1990s, the town of Freiamt in Germany's Black Forest decided to take the fight against global warming into its own hands. Three hundred of the town's 4,300 residents chipped in …
A new hybrid mail service aims to increase the efficiency of direct marketing and reduce the carbon footprint of companies. The PDQit system enables companies to send documents to be printed, enveloped and then posted direct from a computer across the UK and Ireland, which can save users as much …
A conference has been discussing the role of Irish local authorities in combating climate change. Environment minister John Gormely and experts from the Environment Protection Agency were present at the conference which addressed the implementation of national and regional climate change policy and the need for energy efficiency and emissions …
DUNDALK, Ireland: When the fearsome Cuchulainn was transformed by the rage of battle into a Celtic Incredible Hulk, according to Irish mythology, the warrior's intensity melted snow for 30 feet around him. That was an impressive generation of alternative energy from this Achilles-like hero so closely associated with Dundalk, but …
The Electricity Supply Board has urged government to consider various ways in which different modes of transport could be powered by electricity as a way of reducing Ireland's carbon emissions and meeting EU targets. Speaking at the Irish Management Institute national conference, ESB chief executive Padraig McManus said that the …
Water will become an increasingly important commodity, with societies finding success in large part due to how smartly they address supply and demand. Comhar: Charging households directly for their water could solve shortages That is according to Comhar Sustainable Development Council, a national forum and advisory body set up by …
A Euro 500m gas storage plant has been approved by the Irish Planning Board. An Bord Pleanala approved construction of the facility in the Shannon Estuary, between Ballylongford and Tarbert in County Kerry. It is believed that the plant will be capable of supplying around 60% of the country's gas …
An inspection on May 25, 2005, found an illegal waste transfer station where waste was being stored, sorted and disposed of, located on the abandoned Ballyhill Road at Nutts Corner. Samuel Maginty, trading as A1 Skips, was found to have also carried out earthworks to extend the site using controlled …
The monitoring programme for pesticide residues in food undertaken by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) through its Pesticide Control Service (PCS), at Backweston, Co. Kildare, is aimed at ensuring that consumers are not exposed to unacceptable pesticide residue levels. In addition, it is aimed at ensuring that …
Irish engineering outfit Lennox Ltd has scooped first prize at the inaugural IWWE & IRWM Innovation Awards. First prize was awarded for the company's Albin AD pump which was considered technically ahead of its competitors. The awards are part of the Irish Water Waste & Environment (IWWE) and the Irish …
Edie Two men in Northern Ireland have been fined for breaching waste management legislation. Strabane Magistrates Court heard that environmental crime officers from the Environment and Heritage Service had visited a site last year and found large amounts of controlled waste, consisting of rubble and general builder's waste mixed with …
London: Is frog the answer to diabetes? "Yes', if researchers are to be believed. A joint team of experts from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and United Arab Emirates University has discovered that a substance on the skin of South American "paradoxical frog' boosts the production of insulin
