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A Q&A with Will O’Brien, VP, Growth & Government Affairs at Zipp Mobility

By Jack Mullen
In this podcast we spoke to Will O’Brien of Zipp Mobility. Will is Vice-President for Growth and Government Affairs at Zipp Mobility, the Irish e-scooter sharing operator. Will previously worked in strategy consulting and business analytics and now leads Zipp’s relationships with a number of local authorities in the UK where Zipp run shared e-scooter […]
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“AgroFossilFree” Project: Strategies and Technologies to Achieve a European Fossil-energy-Free Agriculture

By Jack Mullen
Global agriculture mainly relies on fossil resources for covering most of its energy needs and supporting agricultural productivity in both open-field crop production and controlled environment agricultural constructions. The high fossil fuel use and the deterioration of natural carbon sinks have been related with the anthropogenic impact causing climate change. Novel
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A Micro-mobility Q&A With Former TD Noel Rock

By Jack Mullen
Noel Rock is a former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2016 to 2020. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2019 to 2020. In this discussion, which was carried out (virtually) earlier this week, Noel along with one of our Council.ie representatives spoke
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Cork City Council saves €17k since switching to paperless meetings last year

By Jack Mullen
Cork City Council has saved just over €17,000 per annum by going paperless for meetings. At last night’s full council meeting it was revealed that since the introduction and implementation of Cork City Council’s electronic council documentation system, Cork City Council has made savings of approximately €1,500 per month, equating to just over €17,000 per […]
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South Dublin County Council to Create Ireland’s First Publicly Owned Energy Company

By Jack Mullen
South Dublin County Council with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS)  and Fortum eNext create Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company South Dublin County Council (SDCC) has established Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company, to provide low carbon heat to local community buildings. Trading as Heatworks, the company will
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Laois chosen for Ireland’s first plastic to plastic bottle recycling plant

By Jack Mullen
Laois has been chosen as the county to have Ireland’s first dedicated plastic bottle recycling factory. Waste management company Panda have signed an agreement to construct Ireland’s first dedicated bottle to bottle plastic recycling facility in Portlaoise. The €20 million investment is said to create up to 100 new jobs. It’s exact location is not […]
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“Uncertainty and delays in delivering critical wastewater infrastructure is undermining confidence and prolonging risks to public” Says EPA

By Jack Mullen
The EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2019, released today (12th November), highlights that delays in upgrading treatment systems around the country are prolonging risks to the environment and public health.  Some improvements in performance were evident in the past year, with the removal of the raw sewage discharges from one town and […]
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IFS: Going Paperless in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Sector

By Jack Mullen
“Going paperless” is no longer just a trend; bullet point on organisation’s sustainability plan or sticker on young millennial’s recycled backpack (yes, it’s a thing). Reduction of paper waste and bad practices associated with handling important documents in hard-copies is becoming necessity. The new technologies enabling storing, sharing and updating documents in digital
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CO2 emissions from energy use down 4.5% in 2019

By Jack Mullen
Biggest reduction in CO2 emissions from fossil fuels energy use since 2011 Continued improvement in electricity, but little progress in heat or transport CO2 emissions from fossil fuels used for energy fell by 4.5% in 2019, according to the latest figures from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released today. This marks the biggest yearly
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Excess Heat From Amazon’s Giant Data Centre Will be Used to Warm Homes in Tallaght

By Jack Mullen
The local authority has a €15 million plan for Ireland’s first data centre-based ‘district heating system’. SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY Council will use excess heat from Amazon’s new data centre in Tallaght to warm nearby homes and businesses in Ireland’s first public system based around one of the power-hungry facilities. The local authority recently called for […]
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MATCH-UP – 10 Minute Town Concept

By Jack Mullen
The MATCH-UP project aims to improve low carbon interchanges at local level to improve public transport by learning from our Interregional partners. The Southern Regional Assembly is delighted to release the MATCH-UP project 10 Minute Town Video and the MATCH-UP 10 Minute Town Framework full report which was inspired by learnings from the Interregional partners […]
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INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY

By Jack Mullen
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY? International Coffee Day on 1 October brings together coffee lovers in a global celebration to share their love of coffee and support the millions of farmers whose livelihoods depend on it. WHAT IS THIS YEAR’S FOCUS? This year, the International Coffee Organisation is working to highlight the plight of coffee farmers, the threat […]
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Transport Emissions Result in an Exceedance of an EU Limit for Air Pollution in Dublin

By Jack Mullen
The EPA’s Air Quality Annual report shows that while Ireland’s air quality was generally good during 2019, there are concerning localised issues. There was an exceedance of the annual average nitrogen dioxide (NO2) EU limit value at one traffic monitoring location in Dublin city centre. Air pollutants were above the WHO’s guideline values for health […]
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Private Wells

By Jack Mullen
Approximately 11% of Irish people get their water from private water supplies. Grants are available under the Rural Water Programme for the carrying out of improvement works to a private water supply (this means a water supply providing water intended for human consumption and domestic purposes that serves only one house).  The relevant Regulations are Housing (Private