Media Centre
Communicating the work of the Environmental Pillar to policy makers, the media and the public is a central aim of the organisation.
If you are a member of the media looking for a spokesperson on any topic relating to the environment please get in contact with our Communications Officer, Kayle Crosson.
Our member organisations include all the main environmental NGOs in the country and cover everything from local habitat protection to global climate change.
Kayle Crosson
Communications Officer
Environmental Pillar
Email: kayle@ien.ie
Press Releases
Environmental organisations are deeply concerned at the absence of a set charge for excessive water use in the pending report on the Future Funding of …
A coalition of Irish farmers, environmentalists, trade unionists, global justice groups and small business organisations have called on MEPs to oppose the EU Canada trade …
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Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada today urged legislators to vote against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
The Environmental …
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Today a resolution to seek an opinion from the European Court of Justice on the compatibility of CETA with EU Treaties [1] was rejected …
Budget 2017 may have brought measures to move Ireland’s transport and energy sectors towards a low carbon future but action across all areas of policy …
Environmental groups are calling on the government to tax environmentally damaging practices to change behaviour and raise government revenue.
Three simple measures, a levy on single-use …
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The existing prohibition on cutting ANY hedgerows between March 1st and August 31st is an offence under the Wildlife acts, unless exempted
The Environmental …
More regular flooding, aggressive storms and drought will be outcome of watering down our climate targets.
New European Climate Change targets have been revealed today and …
Irish cattle less climate-efficient than European average and emissions per head up from 1990
The Environmental Pillar and Stop Climate Chaos and have published a new report …
The Environmental Pillar welcomed the proposals by officials in the Department of the Environment to Minister Coveney, to take measures to tackle the twin issues …
Representatives of the Environmental Pillar will speak at the National Economic Dialogue about their vision for a resilient circular economy, based on Sustainable Development Goals …
Speaking at the opening session of the National Economic Dialogue, Cillian Lohan of the Environmental Pillar spoke about reducing and ultimately eliminating the concept of …
The Environmental Pillar welcomes the decision to include environment in the title of Minister Denis Naughton’s Department.
However the decision to leave National Parks and Wildlife …
Today the Government have failed to restore the Department of the Environment despite public outcry over its abolition.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced the new Junior …
The Programme for Government lacks the key clear goals we need to move our people and economy forward into a post carbon future.
The Environmental Pillar, …
The loss of a department responsible for the ‘Environment’ will damage Ireland’s natural environment. A healthy environment is essential to the well-being of the people …
The Environmental Pillar today publish a series of twenty measures which if implemented could help prevent the worst effects of flooding.
As communities around Ireland continue …
The Environmental Pillar welcome the introduction of a bill today to ban fracking in Ireland.
The Environmental Pillar, which is made up of 28 national environmental …
The Environmental Pillar welcome the publication today of the Energy White Paper which outlines a vision for an emission free future.
The Environmental Pillar, which is …
The Environmental Pillar is calling on the government to bring in substantive land use changes to protect communities from increasingly frequent high rainfall events.