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Visitors book world-class tourism experience at Cliffs of Moher

By Jack Mullen
A fully integrated ticketing, booking and capacity management system is being introduced at the Cliffs of Moher to further enhance the overall visitor experience for the 1.6 million annual visitors to Ireland’s most popular natural attraction. Clare County Council has engaged Vivaticket to roll out the Visitor Attraction Management System (VAMS) which will enable
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Georges Street Lwr, Dún Laoghaire to be pedestrianised as part of dlr Summer Streets initiative

By Jack Mullen
Following an extensive public consultation process, and a significant level of public support, at 70% of the responses,  Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council plan to proceed with the Dún Laoghaire Summer Streets initiative, including the pedestrianisation of George’s St. Lower, which is planned to start on Monday 5th July at 11:00 am and continue until the
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Government to Research the Potential and Impacts of Four Day Working Week

By Ryan Harmon
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment intend to seek proposals from the research community on the social, economic and environmental implications of reduced working time to a four day working week. Similar research has been carried out in other jurisdictions to give consideration to how, […]
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State Project To Make 5,000 Dairy Farms Climate Neutral Awarded €2 Million By Minister Harris

By Jack Mullen
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris today (Monday, 21 June 2021) awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize to a project that will help a dairy farm achieve net-zero emissions by 2027. The prize also awards €2 million to the winner, Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C […]
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Meenamulligan Bridge Opening

By Jack Mullen
On Wednesday 9th June 2021, the Meenamulligan Bridge was officially opened by Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Cllr Rena Donaghey, Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council with Cllr Albert Doherty, Cathaoirleach of Inishowen Municipal District in attendance. During the torrential flooding in Inishowen in August 2017, the
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€12 Million to Improve Energy Efficiency and Support Decarbonisation in Higher Education

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan announced funding of €12 million for the second call of the Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation Pathfinder Programme (EEDPP) for the higher education sector – a 50% increase on the first call last year. […]
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Ireland continues to be in non-compliance with the EU National Emissions Ceiling Directive

By Jack Mullen
Feature image courtesy of catazul via Pixabay Ammonia emissions have been non-compliant for 7 out of the last 9 years, driven by growth of the agriculture sector. Ireland can achieve compliance with the 2030 ceiling for ammonia through full implementation of planned ammonia reduction measures. Ireland is compliant for 2019 with the emissions ceilings under […]