Planning Minister Simon Coveney is being urged to reverse a decision to grant a licence to a biotechnology company to mechanically harvest 1,860 acres of native seaweed forest in Bantry Bay, writes Claire O'Sullivan.

Planning Minister Simon Coveney is being urged to reverse a decision to grant a licence to a biotechnology company to mechanically harvest 1,860 acres of native seaweed forest in Bantry Bay.

A dump holding 200,000 tonnes of rubbish is being washed into the sea more than 20 years after the problem was identified, a report on the dangers of erosion reveals.

GIVEN the massive amounts of marine waste that was washed in by last year’s storms, people might be justified in thinking that there was little more of it left in the oceans.

Plastic bottles and jellyfish emerged as a cause of concern in the latest All-Ireland Coastwatch survey.

Assurances given by a state body over risks to wild salmon have not eased coastal communities’ fears over fish farms.

IRISH fishermen have come away reasonably happy with the quota of fish they can take from the seas next year following negotiations in Brussels.

A TRAVELLING biodiversity exhibition will take to the country’s roads over the next five months educating the public on Ireland’s natural beauty.

A major travelling biodiversity exhibition will take to the country’s roads over the next five months educating the public on Ireland’s natural beauty.

More than 20 groups have joined forces to accuse a Government minister of failing the environment.

AN environmental time bomb was ticking in the Atlantic last night after the sinking of the stricken Prestige oil tanker 500 miles from Mizen Head.