Place: Boyne estuary

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Between Directive and a hard place

Irish farmers deserve credit for how they have controlled the effluent from the livestock equivalent of 64 million humans. Instead, they get the Nitrates Directive, after 13 years of dithering. Stephen Cadogan reports.

Thu, 17 Feb, 2005

EU wants action on pig-rearing, Derrybrien and Nitrates Directive

THE European Commission has further pursued Ireland in eight environment law cases, including the Nitrates Directive.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2005

Air and water at risk over failure to back EU rules

IRELAND’S air and drinking water is being seriously contaminated because the Government is refusing to implement EU environment rules.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2005

Bookies take flight as Moscow wings in

Retired? Bored? Take the money out of the pension fund and splash it out on a horse.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2003