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Will Building a More Environmentally Friendly Heating System for the City Lead to Less Recycling?
The council is planning to heat thousands of homes in the city with hot water from the Poolbeg waste-to-energy incinerator.
The “Litter King” pleads for council to tackle waste in Swords Park
“Look there are layers of plastic,” says John Drinane, dressed in jeans and a green baseball cap. “It is built up for years.”
Council Plans to Tackle Pollution in Water at Grand Canal Dock
Currently, most of the pollution in the water body comes from dirty water that gushes in through a storm pipe when it rains heavily.
Councillors Hone in on Neighbourhood Clean-Ups as One Answer to Illegal Dumping
Giving more support to community groups to tidy streets, and finding ways to encourage that, is one way to help, they say.
What’s going on with the Clonshaugh wastewater plant?
Here’s a primer on some of the debate and developments around the plan for a plant to the north of the city.
What More Could Be Done to Encourage Wildlife in the Phoenix Park?
An ambitious plan that Pádraic Fogarty, an ecologist with the Irish Wildlife Trust, says he would like to see is a “green corridor” running through the city for animals to move around.
A Legal Aid Charity Takes Its First Steps Fighting Environmental Injustice
Today, the organisation is expanding to tackle environmental injustice by recruiting a solicitor to take legal cases on behalf of disadvantaged people and communities.
Still No Answers on Environmental Impact of Cable Leaks across the City
ESB, the EPA and environmental consultants continue to disagree over the severity of the impact on the environment, and even on whether or not the fluid leaked in 48 different spots is hazardous.
Council Briefs: New Secure Bins in Oliver Bond House, a Lack of Motions at Monthly Meetings, Air Quality Since Covid-19 and More
Dublin City Council plans to install new secure storage for rubbish bins at five locations within the Oliver Bond House complex, to discourage illegal dumping,
In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Some Question Why Only One Tree Preservation Order Has Ever Been Issued
Tree Protection Orders can be issued be local authorities under the Planning and Development Act 1963 – but they rarely opt to do so.
Plans Progress to Warm Dublin Homes with Leftover Heat from Data Centres and the Like
With South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council, Codema is rolling out a number of pilot projects to prove the benefits of “district heating”.
Council Briefs: Making Harold’s Cross “Age-Friendly”, Beach Pollution, and Dead Swans
At a recent meeting of Dublin City Council’s South East Area Committee, these were among the issues that councillors for the local area discussed.