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FISH QUOTAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved sharply reduced total allowable catch (TAC) quotas for cod, haddock and whiting (which are caught together) for the North Sea, the Irish Sea, west of Scotland and the Skagerrak waters closer to Norway.…
IRELAND - KYOTO - IRISH KYOTO COST
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE IRISH government has been calculating the cost of introducing a carbon tax to fall in line with the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and associated EU legislation. Its environment minister Martin Cullen said the price of complying with a target of capping greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland at 13 per cent of 1990 levels could be as much as Euro 260 million annually over a five-year period.…
IRISH SEA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMMERCIAL ferry is being fitted with optical sensors by two universities to conduct an environmental survey of the surface of the Irish Sea, which will provide comprehensive data to improve the management of its ecosystems.
The University of Wales’ School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, and the National University of Ireland are using Irish Ferries’ Ulysses for the experiment.…
IRISH SEA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMMERCIAL ferry is being fitted with optical sensors by two universities to conduct an environmental survey of the surface of the Irish Sea, which will provide comprehensive data to improve the management of its ecosystems.
The University of Wales’ School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, and the National University of Ireland are using Irish Ferries’ Ulysses for the experiment.…
IRISH SEA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMMERCIAL ferry is being fitted with optical sensors by two universities to conduct an environmental survey of the surface of the Irish Sea, which will provide comprehensive data to improve the management of its ecosystems.
The University of Wales’ School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, and the National University of Ireland are using Irish Ferries’ Ulysses for the experiment.…
PASSENGER INSURANCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a claim by a bereaved mother that European law entitled her compensation for the death of her son in a road accident, where he was a passenger sitting in an unseated rear area of a Citroën C 15 D diesel van.…
IRISH CIGARETTES
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
TWO-THIRDS of the population of the Republic of Ireland are in favour of doubling the price of cigarettes, according to a new survey, which says the view is shared by 50 per cent of Irish smokers. The survey was carried out on behalf of the Irish Office of Tobacco Control, which was interviewing a “nationally representative sample of 1,500 people.”…
IRISH WASTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DISCOVERY this summer of the hormone MPA in treacle or glucose syrup used for pig feed in the Netherlands, originated in Ireland and were sold on via Belgium because of poor implementation of EU pharmaceutical waste laws and the carelessness of feed producers, the European Commission has claimed.…
BSE IRELAND
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THIS YEAR will see the highest ever number of confirmed BSE cases in Irish cattle, according to official government figures. The country’s Department of Agriculture admits that the number of cases detected so far this year has reached 246, the same figure for all of 2001, itself a record year.…
AVIATION SECURITY FEATURE
BY KEITH NUTHALL AND PHILIP FINE
IN the aftermath of the September 11 tragedy, the shocking images of two planes slamming into two of the most famous buildings in the world fuelled a strong desire tighten up security systems around the world, especially in civil aviation.…