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A Dublin primary school has cancelled plans to release thousands of balloons as part of their fund raising activities. Mount Anville Primary School in Stillorgan has written to parents informing them that the release, planned for tomorrow, has been cancelled to avoid bringing their ‘excellent school into disrepute.’ Friends of the Irish Environment wrote to the school last week urging them not to release the balloons as ‘It has been well established since a Canadian [...]
A Ministerial Instruction from the Department of Environment to nine County Managers was based on ‘scientific advice’ that did not exist. The claim comes from the environmental group FIE, who investigated a letter to County Managers written in 2008 by Oonagh Buckley, the Director of Parks and Wildlife Service. The letter stated: “With regard to the Hen Harrier the scientific advice available to Minister suggests that development of single rural dwellings does not in general [...]
Friends of the Irish Environment have written to a Dublin primary school in an attempt to stop the growing trend of schools using mass balloon releases for fund raising. On May 14 Mount Anville Primary School in Stillorgan plans to release thousands of balloons as part of their fund raising activities. Each student gets a sales sheet and tries to sell as many balloons as possible. The balloons are tagged with a message asking the [...]
Title: ‘Seal the Deal’ Fundraising Campaign Launch Location: Seamus Ennis Centre, The Naul, North Co. Dublin Date: 2009-09-18 The Irish Seal Sanctuary will launch a ‘seal the deal’ fundraising campaign to raise money that will go in to a capital fund for the proposed Marine Conservation Centre. The official ‘seal the deal’ launch will take place on the 18th of September in the Se?amus Ennis Centre, The Naul, North Co. Dublin. Details of the evening’s [...]
Title: Dmitry Orlov Lecture Location: Davenport Hotel, Dublin Date: 2009-06-09 Click for website Part of Feasta’s “The New Emergency” conference. Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse, will give a public lecture at the Davenport Hotel, June 9th and will feature throughout the conference with a focus on deglobalisation, relocalisation and definancialisation.
Title: The New Emergency Conference Location: All Hallows College, Dublin Start Date: 2009-06-10 End Date: 2009-06-12 click for website Almost 70 years ago, the outbreak of World War II forced the Irish Government to declare a state of national emergency. The Emergency Powers Act of September 1939 gave it the authority “to make provisions for the maintenance of public order and for the provision and control of supplies and services essential to the life of [...]
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