Environmental campaigners are urging Ireland to protect the public interest and resist industry pressure as the country takes up the presidency of the EU Council. The EU’s top agricultural polluter took the helm earlier this month (1 July) amid a wider push for deregulation that has left key green protections diluted, delayed or scrapped. Over the next six months, Ireland will be charged with marshalling agreement between the EU’s 27 […]

Environmental campaigners are urging Ireland to protect the public interest and resist industry pressure as the country takes up the presidency of the EU Council. The EU’s top…

Expectations of Ireland are high. This is our eighth presidency, and membership since 1973 makes us one of the more experienced members of the bloc