Blogs Posts on "About Environment"

Irelands environmental scorecard by Moore Groups Blog on Nov 5, 2009Overall, the OECD’s recent report on Ireland’s environmental performance, part of their Economic Survey of Ireland 2009 which was published yesterday (available online as a pdf here), presents a reasonably positive review of the achievements here...

Friday Flora & Fauna - Whooper Swans by Moore Groups Blog on Feb 19, 2009Well bloggers, it seems not everyone is that taken with the joys of nature. Declan is losing sleep over it! You see he lives beside a roost of Whooper Swans. ‘But’, I hear you say, ‘swans aren’t that noisy’ ….well these are, have a li...

Friday Flora and Fauna by Moore Groups Blog on Feb 6, 2009Well bloggers, today’s entry will be a short one as I’m up to my eyes (thank feck).  While researching the (Draft) Galway County Development Plan 2009 - 2015 for policy on visual impact assessment and protected views, I reviewed the s

Friday Flora and Fauna by Moore Groups Blog on Jan 30, 2009Well bloggers, Sunday is the 1st day of Spring, we’ve done it, survived another Irish winter. Doesn’t seem that long since the 21st of December and the depth of it. So things are stirring, birds are getting noisier in the morning and the daffod...