Upcoming Events

National | Environment

no events match your query!

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Government Admits Fossil Fuel Use is Cheaper than Net Zero Technology Thu Jun 19, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
The Government has quietly admitted that low-carbon technologies essential to hitting Net Zero are more expensive than using fossil fuels ? despite Ed Miliband repeatedly insisting Net Zero will bring energy bills down.
The post Government Admits Fossil Fuel Use is Cheaper than Net Zero Technology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Iran Threatens Energy Market Meltdown as it ?Reviews? Closure of Strait of Hormuz Thu Jun 19, 2025 17:00 | Tilak Doshi
With Iran and Israel at war, the world's energy nerves are fraying. Central to this anxiety is the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow strip of water crucial to the world's oil industry and which Iran is threatening to close.
The post Iran Threatens Energy Market Meltdown as it “Reviews” Closure of Strait of Hormuz appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Another Nail in the EV Coffin Thu Jun 19, 2025 15:00 | Sallust
EVs suffer more breakdowns than other types of car and are the least likely to be fixed at the roadside, new research shows. Cost, range, reliability ? EVs are worse on every metric, says Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
The post Another Nail in the EV Coffin appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Be Ready to be Shocked and Offended at University, Students Told as Free Speech Law Comes In Thu Jun 19, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, Government free speech champion Arif Ahmed has said, as he warned universities they face fines from August if they fail to uphold free speech.
The post Be Ready to be Shocked and Offended at University, Students Told as Free Speech Law Comes In appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link J.K. Rowling Radicalised by TERFs, Says Stephen Fry Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:15 | Will Jones
J.K. Rowling has been "radicalised by TERFs", Sir Stephen Fry has claimed, as he branded his former friend a "lost cause". Trans people are "hurting and being abominably treated", he said.
The post J.K. Rowling Radicalised by TERFs, Says Stephen Fry appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Credit to Dublin City Council

category national | environment | press release author Wednesday October 18, 2006 08:25author by Environmentalist Report this post to the editors

Dublin City Council becomes the first council in Ireland to buy eco-friendly bio-fuel cars

Wednesday 18th October at 11.15 a.m. at the Mansion House the Lord Mayor Councillor Vincent Jackson will officially accept delivery of a fleet of Ford Focus Flexi-Fuel vehicles (FFV) on behalf of Dublin City Council.

Full press release

http://www.dublincity.ie/press_news/press_releases/dubl...s.asp

Wednesday 18th October at 11.15 a.m. at the Mansion House the Lord Mayor Councillor Vincent Jackson will officially accept delivery of a fleet of Ford Focus Flexi-Fuel vehicles (FFV) on behalf of Dublin City Council.

For more info check www.dublincity.ie

Related Link: http://www.dublincity.ie/press_news/press_releases/dublin_city_council_first_local_authority_to_buy_
author by Realistpublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 08:33author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Do you not think you are going a little overboard? The new cars only make up 10% of their entire fleet.

author by Helenpublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:33author address author phone Report this post to the editors

That's brilliant, cheered me up this morning!

author by hedgehogpublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Perhaps they could engender a more positive response among the public if they ceased their attack on our democratic rights of assembly as expressed through their illegal and continuing poster removal policy.

Galway Green Mayor Neil O'Brolchain has already implemented measures to use biofuels and rejected the mayoral gas guzzler in favour of a hybrid vehicle.

So DCC are not the first to take eco measures on a council fleet.

author by Paul O'Donnellpublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

What about the Lord Mayor's official car, he will soon be the proud owner (for a few months anyway) of 07-D-01 - part of long-standing deal with Volvo (I think) who provide a top of the range model every year. Will the Lord Mayor's new limo run on bio-fuel too?

author by Carthage Buckleypublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Lets take a little look on the brightside here. I know that our Government and councils don't always get things right and we readily criticise them for it. So it is only right that we commend them on any positive action they take. This year there will be 18 more environmentally friendly vehicles on the road. And these are vehicles which are heavily used.

Also on the plus side the fuel is produced in Cork and sourced from Maxol not Shell.

author by number 17 - legalise freedom campaignpublication date Wed Oct 18, 2006 16:17author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Can Jackson , NOT accept delivery ,on behalf of 'Envirnometal D.C.C.' of the Six Toxic waste products that is dumped into our Water every day.

We only use half of one percent of the total water supply to drink.

The rest of the contaminated water is washed down the sinks and drains as a waste disposal method for the chemical industry at one part per million and more.

You are being poisoned and lied to.

And skip the Lord stuff.

Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy