Irish flood 'worst for 800 years'
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Last week's flooding in the Irish Republic was the worst the country had experienced in 800 years, Environment Minister John Gormley says.
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Another Green World (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
well John Gormley has put forward Tara as a world heritage site but according to Tara watch the motorway continues to rumble on. Dear TaraWatch supporter, Thank you for your continued support of the campaign to save Tara from the M3. This week, a new Tentative List of Ireland's proposed World Heritage Sites was published by the Department of the Environment, and it includes Tara. The Hill of Tara...
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Dec 23 deadline on public consultation for proposed Hill of Tara UNESCO site
Hill of Tara / M3 motorway (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Dear TaraWatch supporter, Thank you for your continued support of the campaign to save Tara from the M3. This week, a new Tentative List of Ireland's proposed World Heritage Sites was published by the Department of the Environment, and it includes Tara. The Hill of Tara landscape should be a World Heritage Site, but not with a motorway being built through the middle of it. UNESCO must demand a re-routing...
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Embassy defends chauffeur expense for Gormley
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
THE IRISH Embassy in London has defended its decision to hire a chauffeur-driven car in London to pick up Minister for the Environment John Gormley in Wales last year, which eventually cost more than €2,000.
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No rise in arms spend, says Gormley
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
DEFENCE POLICY:GREEN PARTY leader John Gormley has described as “absolutely untrue” claims that Ireland will have to increase its military spending if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified.
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Minister urged to ban ash material exports
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
THE IRISH Waste Management Association (IWMA) has called on Minister for the Environment John Gormley to ban the export of hazardous ash material produced from waste incineration process in Ireland.
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Gormley urged to ban export of incerator ash
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Minister for the Environment John Gormley has been called on to ban the exportation of ash material produced from waste incineration in Ireland.
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Adams’s popularity as Sinn Fein president slumps to all-time low
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Irish News 14/09/09 THE popularity of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams as a party leader in the Republic has fallen to a new low, according to one opinion poll. The Sunday Independent telephone poll found Mr Adams recorded a satisfaction rating of just 15 per cent among the 500 people surveyed. This has fallen from 28 per cent last month and 31 per cent in January. The West Belfast MP, pictured, according...
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No return to dark days of rezoning - Gormley
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
IRELAND WOULD never go back to the “dark days” of rezoning of land, Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley said at his party’s annual “think-in” .
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Green Party leader Gormley urges Yes vote for recovery
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
GREEN LAUNCH:GREEN PARTY leader John Gormley has said the outcome of the second Lisbon Treaty referendum on October 2nd will be close, but he believes the treaty will be endorsed by the Irish people this time around.
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Save Tara campaign update | Letter-writing needed urgently
Hill of Tara / M3 motorway (Free subscription) | 07/18/2009
Aerial photograph of human harp on Tara, 2007 Dear TaraWatch supporters, Thank you for continuing to support the campaign to save the Hill of Tara from the M3 motorway in Ireland. A lot has happened recently, and we need your help, to keep the voice of opposition to the desecration of Tara alive. As you know, the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, was supposed to submit Tara to UNESCO at the...
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'Misconceptions' over low-energy design
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Irish consumers have yet to fully embrace low-energy building design because of a false perception it is more expensive than traditional design, Minister for Environment John Gormley has said.
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TaraWatch » Irish Times: Minister accused of delaying UNESCO bid
Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Campaign group TaraWatch has accused Minister for the Environment John Gormley of delaying the nomination of the Hill of Tara as a Unesco World Heritage site in order to facilitate the construction of the M3 motorway, writes Olivia …... Continue reading »
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Group to decide on Irish Steel site
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley yesterday announced that the Government is to establish a new working group to develop detailed proposals on the future of the former Irish Steel/Ispat site at Haulbowline in Cork harbour.
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Dingle committee seeks reinstatement of name
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
ALTHOUGH IT is 4½ years since it was removed from official status, the name Dingle is still unofficial painted on road signs in Co Kerry. Dingle area councillor Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald (Fine Gael), a member of the committee to reinstate the name Dingle along with an Irish version Daingean Uí Chúis, said yesterday their requests to send a deputation to Minister for...