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New Report: The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process in the shadow of Brexit
The Whitaker Institute is proud to launch a new report, written by Giada Lagana, Niall Ó Dochartaigh and Anita Naughton entitled ‘The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process in the shadow of Brexit’. The report highlights the substantial and deeply-rooted character of European support for the search for a political solution in Northern Ireland. It is based… | Read on »
RTÉ Brainstorm: How rural and agricultural areas can deal with climate change
An RTÉ Brainstorm article by Whitaker Institute member Sinead Mellett delves into RiskAquaSoil, a Whitaker project which aims to improve farmers resilience to the affects of climate change. How rural and agricultural areas can deal with climate change “A pilot study revealed that farmers in Ireland are concerned about severe weather events and its effects on… | Read on »
Professor Philip Lane: Monsignor Pádraig De Brún Memorial Lecture
Professor Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, delivering the 2019 Monsignor de Brún Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Climate Change and the Irish Financial System.’
NUI Galway study aims to equip farms with the know-how to adapt better to climate change events
Whitaker Institute member Sinead Mellett was recently featured in the Connacht Tribune for her involvement in the Risk Aqua Soil project, which has found Farmers favour a “collective approach” in terms of mitigating the affects of climate change in the coming years. Read the full article: The Connacht Tribune To read more about the project click… | Read on »
Advisory Services and Dairy Expansion in Ireland
Since April 2015, EU dairy farmers can expand milk production without facing restrictive milk quota constraints. This opportunity has been well received in Ireland and milk output has increased by 30 percent since quota abolition, mainly achieved through expansion on existing farms. The Irish dairy sector’s remarkable growth rate began once milk quota abolition was… | Read on »
Exploring complex social drivers of (un)sustainable consumption
Rising consumption and the increasing resource intensity of daily living practices are key drivers of environmental change. As a result, individual consumption and the promotion of positive pro-environmental behaviour change have become a key area of attention in European and Irish sustainable development policy. In finding ways in which environmental transitions can be achieved through… | Read on »
2019 Monsignor de Brun Lecture by Philip Lane, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
The 2019 Monsignor Pádraig de Brún Memorial Lecture, entitled Climate Change and the Irish Financial System, addressed the implications of climate change for the Irish financial system. Delivered by Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lane, the lecture emphasised all sectors will be affected by climate change, whether through exposure to weather-related shocks or the… | Read on »
Irish Shipwrecks Providing Sanctuary for Fragile Coral Reefs
Work undertaken by members of the SEMRU research cluster, along with the University of Limerick, has discovered shipwrecks are acting as artificial reefs, “making an important contribution to maintaining coral and other species.” Continue reading about the discoveries below: Irish Examiner The Times
Irish Independent – Why Humans are Happier in the Water
Dr Easkey Britton of the Whitaker Institute, spoke about her research on the correlation between access to water and improved mental health. Read the piece here.
End-of-life considerations for onshore wind in Ireland
Most Irish wind farms have been granted a time-limited, 20 year, planning consent with a requirement to subsequently decommission. However, in the context of renewable energy targets, increasing pressure on land and opposition facing new sites, it will be important for existing sites to retain their license to operate. This could be achieved through extending… | Read on »