A casual walk on a beach anywhere will tell you the ocean has become a massive dumping ground.

One of the owners of historic Vernon Mount House in Cork, which was completely destroyed in a suspected arson attack, said he is “gutted” at the loss of the property but believes it can be saved.

Plans by the Athlone, Co Westmeath-based Hodson Bay Group to expand into the booming Dublin hotel market have been halted by an appeal from An Taisce.

The Government has been accused of fiddling “as the world burns” as it signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change in New York.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for a new nine-storey office block overlooking the River Liffey opposite the International Financial Services Centre.

Twenty years after a lobby group protested in Brussels over the poor state of a Co Kerry peninsula road, serious discussions have finally commenced on finalising land acquisition for the national secondary route.

An Taisce has asked the Government to ignore the “self-styled” experts calling for increased dredging of the Shannon as a response to the recent flooding.

A boatman could be on collision course with the makers of Star Wars after he pledged to bring pre-booked passengers to Skellig Michael – even if it clashes with filming.

Plans for a multi-million euro hotel off Dublin’s O’Connell St has run into strong opposition.

A challenge by An Taisce over planning approval for a controversial €65m road widening scheme on the N86 road between Tralee and Dingle has opened before the Commercial Court.

A GREAT many people will share the disappointment of Arts Minister Heather Humpheys at failing to persuade the Beit Art Foundation to cancel its planned sale of valuable Russborough House paintings at Christie’s in London.

The decision by An Taisce, in November, 2014, to seek a judicial review of the proposed improvement work on the section of the N86 road from Dingle to Camp has saddened, disappointed, and angered the majority of people living on the Dingle Peninsula and those who visit it regularly.

The signs summed up the story: “Our Road Is A Mess — We Want Progress.’.

A sum of €4.35m, set aside this year by the National Roads Authority (NRA) for upgrading the N86 Tralee to Dingle road, will now be spent in another part of the country.

University College Cork has, for the second year in-a-row, come second in the world in the Universitas Indonesia Greenmetric World University Ranking as well as placing second in the ‘Urban’ campus setting category.

Cities are beginning to clean up their acts and 13 major urban areas are now deemed to be less littered than the European average.

The beach closest to Cork City and a well-known one in East Cork could be closed next summer due to an EU directive on water quality.

A former senior county council planner turned whistleblower has called on the Department of the Environment to stop stalling on plans for a probe into alleged planning corruption.

Consumers should know if the food they are buying is being sold below the production cost, according to environmental body An Taisce.

Progressive Commercial Construction’s application for a major office development on Cork’s Albert Quay has been withdrawn.

A €220m development for the former Dell site in Limerick can proceed following a decision by An Taisce to withdraw its appeal with An Bord Pleanála.

A rare and clear run through planning has been secured by Aldi for a new store at the ground floor of Ireland’s tallest building, the Elysian, right next door to Cork’s City Hall.

One in five shop and office premises in the country’s large towns are empty and becoming magnets for litter and dumping, a survey by anti-litter campaigners has found.

A decision to give permission for a new nuclear power station on the coast facing Ireland should be quashed, the High Court in London has heard.

Rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan walked the walk yesterday for a green school with the wow factor.

Despite having excellent water quality, two beaches failed to get Blue Flags for 2013 — because of a mathematical anomaly.

Sixteen of the country’s best-known bathing spots have lost their coveted blue flag status this year after the introduction of more stringent standards for testing water quality by the EU.

New research has found that poor air quality contributes to over 3,400 premature deaths in Ireland each year.

Car manufacturers have been accused by An Taisce of deliberately misleading the public on fuel consumption and carbon emission efficiency levels.

University College Cork is one of the three most environmentally friendly universities in the world, according to a survey of more than 200 third-level institutions.

An Taisce has called for an independent regulator to be appointed to investigate the planning function of Dublin City Council.

A €65m scheme to radically widen and straighten a large section of a narrow road between Dingle and Tralee will have to go back to the drawing board, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

Bord Pleanála has given the Diocese of Kerry permission to carry out some, but not all, of the extensive renovations and reordering, it considers necessary to the parish church of St John in Ballybunion.

Seven beaches in Co Cork have reopened after the latest test results showed a significant fall in E.coli levels.

City and county councils are biased in favour of granting planning permission to developments due to the revenues completed projects bring in, a new report concludes.

A safety inspection is being carried out on Kerry’s ghost estates.

An air monitoring unit on “an uncontaminated site” occupying six acres within a plain of blanket bog in a national heritage area in the northwest of Valentia Island has been given the go-ahead.

LEGAL actions brought by An Taisce and others over the manner in which consents were granted for the Corrib gas project have been settled and withdrawn at the High Court.