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May 19, 2005
Nine out of Ten support wind Farms.
The British Wind Energy Association website carries a press release Nine out of ten people in Northern Ireland back wind farms, says new poll that looks at attitudes across Northern Ireland to wind farms and claims there is widespread popular support, which seems stronger in the South and West of the province. [more] April 04, 2005
No ifs and no butts; the smoking ban...
BRENDAN O'Neill believes the success of the Irish smoking ban is more to do with what he calls 'Post-Traditional Stress Disorder' than anything else. This new Irish politically correct agenda, he explains, is why the anniversary of the smoking ban was celebrated more than the 1916 rebellion this year. [more] March 09, 2005
Ireland's most dangerous roads
An AA report has found that the most dangerous continuous stretch of road in Ireland is between Edgeworthstown and Armagh. In fact, looking at the risk rate map border roads seem to be very well represented. [more] February 18, 2005
Check those Cupboards and Fridges.
More details will doubtless follow and as a smoker I'm not going to let it bother me, but parents might feel differently about meals they were to prepare for their children. Ditto pregant women. From the Belfast Telegraph URGENT FOOD WARNING ISSUED The Food Standards Agency has issued an urgent warning after a potentially cancer-causing dye was discovered in more than 350 widely-eaten food products Full list from FSA's website [more] February 17, 2005
Kyoto comes quietly into force...
The Kyoto Protocol came into force yesterday with only RTE it seems giving the subject any decent air time (sound file). Apparently only 4 per cent of Ireland's energy outputs are renewable. [more] January 27, 2005
Environment: the virtuous Irish?
Ireland's come 21st out of 146 countries in an environmental sustainability index put together by Yale and Columbia Universities. However the Friends of Irish Environment argued that this position was falsely inflated, and masked a deterioration in air quality, land use, waste management and greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. This is one to keep an eye on for future years. January 19, 2005
Locals only housing...
COULD this be the solution to Portstewart and Portballantrae's housing problems? January 11, 2005
Slaughter
Republic's badger cull 'not effective'. While people were getting all hot and bothered over Foxes, research being carried out in the Republic Of Ireland has led to the conclusion that "Although feasible, we acknowledge widespread badger removal is not a viable strategy for the long-term control of tuberculosis in the Irish cattle population." [more] November 18, 2004
Goodbye Ireland, Hello Southern England.
The Irish Independent has a deeply disturbing article on studies by scientists, using satellite pictures, at the European Environment agency. As well as detailing the destruction of environment and warning of problems to come, there is also evidence of widespread misuse of forestry grants resulting in extensive damage to bogland. Urban sprawl is 'devastating' rural landscapes [more] November 11, 2004
Worth a Listen
AFTERNOON READING The below is about 16 minutes long. Wednesday 10 November The Prize by Colin Bateman, read by Adrian Dunbar From the blank walls of a prison cell to the blank walls of an art gallery - a Northern Irish ex-con goes on a journey of artistic self discovery. Producer Heather Brennon. November 09, 2004
'Water' lot to pay - money down the drain?
THE publication of the General Consumer Council's report on Government proposals for reforming the water service here has generated much political response... [more] November 04, 2004
Ballymena
Sinn Féin representative Michael Agnew is reported as condemning pro-IRA graffiti in Ballymena. Would that all our politicians were as sensible. November 03, 2004
The big freeze is coming...
SHOULD this put our political squabbling into perepctive? Or is it bad science? Or simply part of a climatic cycle that the human race has yet to experience? October 20, 2004
Local developments must have local names
Craigavon Borough Council has drawn 'a line in the sand' for property developers by insisting that "townland names are incorporated in the naming of new developments" - a Council policy that developers seem to have been ignoring. [more] October 14, 2004
London
Sinn Féin proudly announce that they are sending a team to speak at the European Social Forum 2004 in London. [more] October 06, 2004
What lies beneath...
THE BBC has two very different reports about what lies beneath the water in Belfast and Newry... |
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