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Costs in environmental judicial review cases

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 26 2009

Advocate General Kokott’s decision in Commission -v- Ireland delivered on 15 December 2009 has received some publicity

New fines of 5,000 for wastage or excessive consumption of water

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 7 2009

New water conservation regulations have been signed into law which aim to stop wastage or excessive consumption of water in times of drought and water shortages

EIA Directive and assessment criteria

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • January 15 2009

On 20 November 2008 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that Ireland did not correctly transpose the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (85337) into national law

Freedom of Access to Information on Environmental Matters (Directive 200304)

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 7 2009

In October 2008 the Information Commissioner, Emily O'Reilly, ordered that the Department of the Taoiseach allow access to documents relating to cabinet discussions on greenhouse gas emissions

New measures on environmental liability

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 2 2009

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has published the European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008 which are effective from 1 April 2009 and give effect to Directive 200435EC

EU daily update: environment - 301007

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • October 30 2007

Commission Decision of 22 October 2007 granting a derogation requested by Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91676EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources

The “green lease” explained

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • September 4 2009

"Green leases" are leases of real estate which contain provisions requiring, or encouraging, the parties to ensure that the use and operation of the premises minimises environmental impacts

Energy performance of buildings

  • LK Shields
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • October 16 2008

New regulations mean that property owners must provide prospective buyers or tenants with a certificate detailing the building's energy efficiency

ECJ: Ireland in breach of environmental rules

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • February 23 2009

Advocate General Kokott has delivered an opinion to the European Court of Justice expressing the view that that Ireland has breached several provisions of environmental planning directives

Irish Banking Federation has launched the IBF Climate Change Principles for the Financial Sector

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 30 2009

The principles put forward by the IBF, and which have been accepted by over 30 of Ireland leading domestic and financial institutions, are to help promote to promote environmental sustainability and mitigate climate change and are intended to "provide a broad, common framework within which each Bank will seek in accordance with its own commercial and other considerations - to operate in support of climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability"