Jul 2019

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On Monday 17 June, the Government published its Climate Action Plan 2019, which sets out its proposed policy measures for addressing the threat of climate change in Ireland.

Jul 2019

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The Climate Action Plan addresses the need focus on designing out waste, prioritising prevention of waste at every opportunity through eco-design, reuse and repair, taxation and levies.

Jul 2019

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In 2017, transport accounted for 19.8% of Ireland's greenhouse gases. We are already over 98% dependent on fossil fuels and as the economy continues to grow, so too does the concern that transport will represent the Achilles' heel in the Government's decarbonisation plan.

Jul 2019

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In 2017, emissions from the enterprise sector (of which manufacturing is one of the largest) accounted for 13.4% of Ireland's greenhouse gases. The Climate Action Plan acknowledges the historical connection between buoyant economic activity and high industry emissions and sets a range of targets.

Jul 2019

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On 17 June 2019, the Irish Government published the '2019 Climate Action Plan' and an 'Annex of Actions' together "the Plan") setting out a cross-sector suite of objectives and actions aimed at reducing Ireland's carbon emissions. The Plan includes a number of new – and existing – measures that will have broad implications for the electricity sector.

Jul 2019

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The Climate Action Plan 2019 (the Plan) references Data Centres (DCs) in different contexts.

Jul 2019

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The Climate Action Plan addresses the need to improve energy efficiency of buildings by meeting higher energy performance standards and by increasing retrofit activity.

Jul 2019

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The Climate Action Plan 2019 references Agriculture in various contexts.

Jul 2019

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In the past two days, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued (potential) GDPR fines of £183.39m and £99.2m on British Airways (BA) and Marriott International Inc., respectively. These are the first fines to be issued by the ICO under the GDPR, and the biggest fines issued by an EU Data Protection Authority (DPA) to date.  As the fines affected individuals in multiple Member S...

Jul 2019

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In Grant v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources [2019] IEHC 468, Pilkington J found that although there had been inordinate and inexcusable delay in prosecuting the plaintiff's 16-year-old proceedings, the balance of justice lay in allowing the claim to proceed. The court's finding was based to a large extent on the fact that at the date of hearing of the motion, the proce...