Here we go again, Ireland at the bottom of a league, this time along with France when it comes to the amount of packaging waste per person in Europe.
This is all despite the demise of the plastic bag, for which the government deserves credit - and gets it world-wide.
Yet this is the government that’s pressing [...]

In the Middle Ages, the Vikings and their descendants the Normans were the top dogs in Europe when it came to trade . Their modern counterparts are doing it again, with Denmark top dog and Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Iceland and Norway in the top ten in the world when it comes to the Networked [...]

Kudos where they are due: Ireland has joined with Norway, Iceland and Austria to campaign against the use of nuclear energy.
Liam Reid reports in The Irish Times (sub only)
Ireland has joined three northern European countries to launch an international campaign against the use of nuclear energy as a solution to climate change.
The group, which includes [...]

Time really is running out. It’s well past time for political posturing. I look at young children and even teenagers and I’m terrified for them. If a political party isn’t serious about this issue, ie doesn’t have a serious policy that will make an immediate, middle and longterm difference, then I for one can’t [...]

I received a flyer through my letterbox from an independent candidate for Dublin Central, Cieran Perry. His main plank is government waste, and how the wasted money could have been spent. I don’t have the time to check his figures at the moment, but it’s an interesting general point.
He gives two examples.
Example 1
This [...]

Coastal conflicts such as that involving the Corrib gas project in north Mayo could be avoided if member states took a more “holistic” approach to major projects on European seaboards, according to EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs Joe Borg.
Governments have tended to look at situations in a “very compartmentalised way”, whereas a more integrated approach [...]