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ECJ rules that endangered habitats must not be damaged for development purposes, except for reasons of overriding public interest

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • April 30 2013

On 11 April, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down its judgment in Case C25811, ruling that endangered habitats may not be damaged

The liquidator escapes

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • October 27 2011

The claim against the liquidator was abandoned due to the fact that he was an insolvency practitioner and had no personal responsibility for the present state of the site and there was nothing to suggest that the “liquidator did anything wrong”

National Asset Management Agency v Commissioner for Environmental Information

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The High Court has found that the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is subject to the European Communities (Access to Environmental

High court rules NAMA is a public authority under the AIE Regulations

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 19 2013

The High Court recently dismissed an appeal by NAMA against a ruling by the Commissioner for Environmental Information that it is a "public

Irish implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive (200435EC)

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • January 14 2009

On 16 December 2008 the European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008 (the Regulations) were finally published and are due to come into effect on 1 April 2009

Incentivised tax breaks on purchase of energy efficient information and communications technology equipment

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 5 2009

Businesses that purchase ‘green’ Information and Communications Technology equipment can make substantial savings as 100 per cent of the capital cost of such energy efficient equipment can be written off against their taxable income in the year of purchase

Changes to the rules on legal costs in environmental cases

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • September 7 2011

The general rule in court cases in Ireland is that the loser pays the winner’s legal costs

Irish implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive (200435EC)

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • January 4 2012

The European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations, 2008 (S.I. No. 5472008) as amended by the European Communities (Environmental Liability) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 3072011) came into force on 1 April 2009 and transpose the Environmental Liability Directive (200435EC) into Irish law

National plan for Ireland’s raised bog special areas of conservation

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • April 27 2012

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr Jimmy Deenihan, T.D. and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan, T.D., have announced that they have obtained the support of the European Commission for the Government’s intention to prepare a national plan for Ireland’s Special Areas of Conservation raised bogs

Water services investment - working within the framework of environmental law (01112011)

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • August 1 2012

Following the IMF - EU Programme and the Programme for Government 2011, the efficient, clean, and cost-effective delivery of water services is top of the agenda