“The Environmental Movement in Ireland” examines key themes in Irish environmental
politics, including the main components that have come to define such events, and incidents …

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Community campaigns for sustainable living emerged in the Republic of Ireland during the
1990s, in response to the state's introduction of regional waste management plans that …

The increasing trend towards sustainable development has seen a shift from 'end of pipe
solutions' to the ongoing threat of pollution. Policy makers have come to accept the need for …

Background The Irish Green Party or Comhaontas Glás had many 'breakthroughs'
throughout its 20 year history. The party gained its first elected members of parliament in …

This article will examine a significant area of interest in Irish political sociology: the
emergence of a social movement into politics and eventually government. The focus of the …

In recent years Ireland's landscape has been inundated with the paraphernalia of political
protest on waste incineration (Cork, Galway and Tipperary), public transport (Dublin), water …

After the 2002 election Taylor and Flynn (2003, p. 232) speculated that if the persistence of
environmental protest had provided a discursive terrain upon which the Green Party had …