Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has condemned the Roadstone company for the recent breaches of its EPA Waste Licence for the treatment and remediation of illegal dumps on its lands at Blessington, West Wicklow.
De Burca made her remarks following an examination of reports in the EPA offices which showed that Roadstone had failed to [...]

Following a recent meeting of the Water and Environmental Strategic Policy Committee of Wicklow County Council, Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has called on the council to declare County Wicklow a GMO-free zone. De Burca made her comments after a presentation was made to the Committee by a spokesman for the GM-free Ireland Network.
“Mr [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca has welcomed recent news of progress with the development of water and wastewater schemes within County Wicklow. The Green Party councillor made her comments following a recent meeting of the council’s Water and Environmental Services Strategic Policy Committee, of which she is a member.
“I was delighted to hear that [...]

In a response to the EPA’s recent decision to refuse Brownfield Restoration Ltd’s application for a landfill at the site of one of the largest illegal dumps found at Whitestown in West Wicklow, Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca said:
“This decision represents a victory for the local community of Whitestown and Donard, and for ‘people [...]

The Green Party called for significant changes in Government policies following the publication today of the Environmental Protection Agency’s four-yearly report on the state of the environment in Ireland. The Party stated that Kyoto fines alone will cost Irish tax-payers €50m per year from 2008, and that it is time for changes in environmental, energy [...]

Green Party Transport councillor, Deirdre de Burca said today:
“An utter failure in transport and planning has been one of the defining characteristics of this Fianna Fail/ PD Government. Their spectacular incompetence has been laced with a lethal twist of arrogance which seems to define the Progressive Democrat administration. In answer to the question posed by [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has recently expressed her concern that the interests of developers rather than those of the wider public are deciding the future location of the Luas line.
De Burca expressed her concerns after attending the Public Consultation Day on the extension of the Luas line from Cherrywood to the Bray Area. [...]

The Green Party has called for a Luas line to link Dublin to the centre of Bray, and has made a plea for proper planning in South Dublin and North Wicklow. Speaking at a press conference in the Royal Hotel, Bray Co. Wicklow today, the Party expressed concern that developer-led planning was reducing green space [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca has criticised a proposal by Greystones councillors to rezone a large site at Charlesland for a massive out of town shopping centre of 20,000 sq metres, retail warehousing of 16,000 sq metres and retail and car showrooms. The proposal also included 210 residential units with floor areas of up [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has called on her fellow councillors to avoid rezoning additional lands when voting on the Draft Greystones Local Area plan at next Monday’s meeting of the council. De Burca points out that while councillors have been targeted with new rezoning proposals by local landowners and developers, that sufficient land [...]