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Top three Donegal road projects will cost over €500m

It now appears likely that Donegal's three major road projects costing at least €500 million won’t start until 2026 at the earliest. Early forecast costs for the N15/N13 Ballybofey- Stranorlar Bypass (€150m-€180m), the N56/N13 Letterkenny- ...

17 May 2022 at 11:33

Local News

New €32 million Mountcharles- Inver road vital for future growth

The challenges of providing a vital transport corridor to accelerate the development of south-west Donegal are many and the €32 million Mountcharles to Inver Road will be a vital part of that jigsaw. One can only imagine how a road like ...

02 Mar 2023 at 16:33

Nightmare on Sesame Street as Ernie teddy blocks sewer

A familiar childhood character came back to haunt a sewerage crew during spooky season in a blockage horror story. A teddy version of Ernie from Sesame Street spooked Wessex Water operatives as they carried out a CCTV survey of a sewer ...

30 Oct 2024 at 16:52

‘Error of law’ made in consents for new oil and gas fields, court told

Legal challenge to oil field approvals gets under way with first submission

An environmental group has told a court a “substantive error of law” was made when consent was granted for new oil and gas fields in Scottish waters. Greenpeace and Uplift have jointly raised a legal challenge at the Court of Session ...

12 Nov 2024 at 20:52

Scotland

Less offshore decommissioning work carried out in 2023 despite higher spend

Less offshore decommissioning work was carried out last year despite the overall amount of money being spent on the activity increasing, the industry has said. Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) said £1.7 billion was spent on decommissioning ...

19 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Bee-killing pesticides found in 85% of English rivers – analysis

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85% of tested rivers in England, an analysis of Government figures has found. Green groups looked at Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid pesticides in river sites tested between 2023 ...

02 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Sewage spills and sea winds may send microplastics into coastal cities – study

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests. Scientists analysed existing records on two years ...

10 Jul 2025 at 09:14

Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists abseil under it with flags

Forth Road Bridge closed as 10 Greenpeace activists hang from ropes

The Forth Road Bridge has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker. The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker carrying fracked gas to the ...

25 Jul 2025 at 20:21

City

Ad giant WPP reported to global watchdog for promotion of polluting clients

Campaigners have reported advertising giant WPP to an international corporate watchdog over its work for polluting clients including fossil fuel companies. The complaint to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ...

11 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Minister urges ‘much greater development’ of solar on factories and homes

Solar panels will continue to be installed on farmland, an energy minister has said, but he insisted he wanted to see “much greater development” on industrial buildings and domestic homes. However, Lord Hunt of Kings ...

06 May 2025 at 17:49

New body to be created to tackle airspace inefficiency

An organisation tasked with making flight routes more efficient is to be established, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. The body of aviation experts working with airports will produce “a step change” ...

18 Mar 2025 at 09:49

TotalEnergies advert banned for misleading over environmental impact

An advert for French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has been banned in the UK for misleading consumers over the firm’s environmental impact. Campaign group Adfree cities complained that the paid-for X post in May ...

09 Apr 2025 at 08:57

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