Organisation: Dublin Friends of the Earth

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Failure of public buildings to save energy hits climate and pockets

A big offender is the Coombe Women’s Hospital. Its energy use has rocketed by 89% since 2009 writes Victoria White

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Government needs to act over failure to cut greenhouse gasses

THE Government’s Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland, which is out to public consultation until the end of July, reads like a manuscript from the past discovered during an archaeological dig.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2014

Basic needs shouldn’t be serviced by charity, but by state agencies

The Wheel, a resource organisation for charities and voluntary groups, described Section 38 agencies to me as “arms of the State in all but governance”. But shouldn’t all arms of the State be headed by the State? Isn’t governance all important?

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013