Is climate change now affecting the salmon fishing season?
There are claims climate change could be affecting the fishing seasons after the first salmon of the year was caught in the River Drowes only yesterday. The angler who landed the salmon – which was released again – was Jackie McErlean from Belfast. Mr McErlean was given a prize of…
Sligo council leading the way in preparing for climate change, coastal erosion
Sligo County Council is leading the way when it comes to preparing for climate change. It is the first council in the country to start preparing a climate adaptation strategy, which will set out the challenges and what can be done to deal with them. For the north west, the…
Coastal erosion to be the main climate-change challenge for north west
A senior Sligo County Council official has warned that coastal erosion is going to be THE major climate issue for the north west in the years to come. Among local authorities, Sligo is taking a leading role in how to deal with climate change and its affects, becoming the first…
Naughten says action needed now on climate change
The Environment Minister’s warning that if we don’t take the right climate change action now, the next generation will suffer. Speaking last night at Trinity College Dublin, Denis Naughten said our actions today can have a direct impact tomorrow and the day after. He says it’s worrying that a third…
Creed: Government committed to tackling climate change
The Minister for Agriculture says the government is committed to tackling climate change. Minister Michael Creed has also rejected claims by An Taisce recently that he misled the Dail by downplaying the emissions figures coming from the dairy sector. The dairy sector is one of the main offenders in agriculture…
International seminar on climate change in Leitrim
An international seminar on climate change is taking place in Leitrim in the coming week. Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) will host the event in Ballinaglera as the final event of its “Climate Change – People Change?” project. It’s taking place in the community hall in Ballinaglera on Friday next…
Regional Climate Action Office launched in Sligo
Sligo will be one of the Local Authority Regional Climate Action Offices being launch by the Communications Minister Denis Naughten in the County offices this morning. CEO of the Council Ciaran Hayes has been working closely with the Department to set up the initiative which is one of four such…