Ireland Environment News

Limerick County Council has reported a rise in the number of people calling its freephone litter line.

The Mid West Regional Authority, in conjunction with Limerick City Council, this week awarded a €56,100 (ex VAT) contract to Dublin-based Cunnane Stratton Reynolds to develop the Urban Parks and Green Areas Action Plan.

Purchase.ie, the online eco-store that provides a wide range of products aimed at helping people save energy, conserve water and reduce waste announced that Wicklow are its eco kings of online shopping for with the UK top for International sales.

As an eco buiness one might expect Purchase.ie to be encouraging you to live a greener life in 2012 by reducing your carbon emissions or perhaps hugging more trees. Instead they just want you to save money!

Details of the first ever Irish Christmas Tree Throwing Championship have been announced in County Clare.

Clare County Council has launched an online advice and information guide to raise awareness of the importance of preparing for severe weather during winter.

New appointments at Murco Gas Detection Solutions. Don Hoban new Technical Sales Manager at Murco and Ian Dunlop, General Manager at Murco.

The Supply Chain Carbon Council bestows its product lifecycle analysis software Accreditation to IFU Hamburg for its Tool “Umberto for LCA”

Purchase.ie has launched a campaign to encourage people to buy practical Irish products as Christmas gifts this year.

Eco retailer Purchase.ie who specialise in helping their customers save energy, conserve water and reduce waste through their innovative money saving product range have been nominated for a Dublin Living Award.

America’s premier catalyst event for developing conscious change and protecting businesses in 2012 is where vital answers and solutions will be provided on 11-11-11 through the Evolve Expo.

Judging for the 2011 Pride of Place Competition has concluded in three local communities in County Limerick, who must now wait until November before the winners of the prestigious annual competition are announced.

Chevron Training, Ireland’s largest energy and environmental training provider, received their latest accolade, Green Business of Year Award, at the 3rd annual Wexford Business Awards last Friday night.

Award will see further development and commercialisation of an innovative manufacturing process for Photovoltaic (PV) solar cells.

Purchase.ie celebrates new website launch with dedicated section on Irish products

Last year represented a significant milestone on the road to Bord na Móna’s 2015 target to co-fire their Edenderry power plant to a 30% level with biomass

Bord na Móna’s FireMagic Fire Maker has won the award for Marketing Innovation at the All-Ireland Marketing Awards which were held last night in the Burlington Hotel

Purchase.ie who specialise in the provision of a whole range of eco products which can enable you to save energy, reduce waste and conserve water have announced details of a super summer promotion.

Chevron Training unveil Ireland’s first mobile energy and environmental mobile training unit.

SEAI reports that over €35M is spent in Irish homes every year by leaving appliances on standby. This is called Vampire power for unnecessarily sucking away energy. Purchase.ie has introduced new products to combat this issue and slay the vampire!

Envirogreen Recycling are thrilled that their managing director Conor has been shortlisted for the Belfast Telegraph Young Businessperson the Year 2011.

iSRetail have joined with the Supply Chain carbon Council as a lead sponsor of their RFID Tracking Carbon Emissions project.

Minister of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Batt O’Keeffe launches SEFtec NMCI Offshore Ltd (SNO), a public / private joint venture between SEFtec Global Training Ltd and The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI).

Online retailer Purchase.ie, who specialise in a whole range of colourful and innovative sustainable products have a host of water saving products that can help to ease the current water crisis in Ireland.

The ground-breaking invention, the shatter safe hurley is now available online through purchase.ie. Tests prove the shatter safe hurley is 25 to 30% stronger than the conventional hurley and if broken will remain in one piece preventing injury.

On Tuesday the 2nd of November, Dublin Green Drinks presents the Chairman of the Irish Wildlife Trust, Pádraic Fogarty, to talk about his experience as part of a European campaign to transform how our fish are caught.

Repak Recycling Week kicks off today Monday October 4th with a focus on Recycling in the Office

Hosted by Leafliving.com, Green Drinks Dublin is a free event that brings people together every month – not only ecowarriors, not only the hardcore carbon neutrals, just regular people who care about being a little greener.

The Gilmartin Group displayed at it's factory in Tuam Co Galway, the first of it's new innovative systems for commercial energy saving A high performance LED /Solar powered street lighting range The products were developed for the Asian market

Purchase.ie have introduced a new range of eight great products that will help you save water, save energy and most importantly save money!

All but one senior officlal of Greenfield Project Management Ltd have resigned from the company.

Purchase.ie has announced a number of special offers on a selected range of its products for the month of August. Incredibly if you just spend €50 on one transaction they will deliver anywhere in the 32 counties for free.

New and innovative ways to incentivise thinning are required to realise the full potential of Ireland’s private forests to generate vital income, create employment, protect our environment and contribute to rural sustainability.

Atlantic Energy Research on the reaction to BP’s oil spill crisis.

Domestic water metering will shortly commence in Ireland. Take proactive steps to reduce your usage with a Purchase.ie water saving kit. With this kit you will save hundreds of litres of water every week and also significantly save on energy bills.

An Taisce today awarded the prestigious International Blue Flag to eight of County Clare’s beaches.

In today's economy its easy to see why energy savings are so important to businesses throughout Ireland, and its no surprise that the huge energy savings achieved in a County Armagh Leisure Centre are receiving so much attention

Business energy users now have no excuses when it comes to making the decision to install energy and cost saving equipment in business premises, as the Carbon Trust has now added Electricity Saver Ireland to its list of approved installers.

The ocean waves that are the inspiration for surfers and a wide variety of water sports can also be used to generate electricity.

As fuel costs keep rising, the importance of making greater use of alternative sources of energy has become more pressing to both individuals and businesses.

Today’s growing grass roots movement toward clean, renewable and sustainable energy and environmental responsibility owes a great deal more to financial expedients

Atlantic Energy Research Looks at Utilizing Natural Gas Instead of Fossil Fuels.

Atlantic Energy Research on an exciting alternative to corn and sugar-based ethanol

A new entry level hybrid investment is available, sponsored by NATUREWALK Projects in Costa Rica. Individuals can access a sustainable investment program and achieve investment and socio-economic goals previously available to large scale investors.

This is the start of a multiyear research and development program promoting the application of RFID/NFC applications to the problem of accurately measuring the Carbon Footprint of an indiavidual product. This will allow for effective Carbon Labels.

New to Ireland the Loofen is the latest eco-product to be added to the Purchase.ie product range. The Loofen is designed to reduce the weight and volume of your food waste and to eliminate bad odours and bacteria from your kitchen.

A new coalition of Irish business leaders has issued an open letter urging the government to leverage the State’s €17bn annual procurement spend to develop the green economy.

International heating systems specialist and manufacturer Ceramicx is committing new resources to the education and promotion of infrared heating technology throughout its user markets and in industry generally.

Purchase.ie the website that specialise in the are of energy efficient and eco friendly products have just added a revoluntionary new energy efficient heating system to its product range that can help one save up to 80% on its heating bills.

Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government officially opened the Ennis Water Treatment Works at Drumcliff, Ennis, County Clare today.