Dr Edward Cameron will present an EPA Climate Change Lecture at the Mansion House this evening, Friday (May 18th 2019) as part of the National Dialogue on Climate Action.
This lecture is entitled “New Climate Leadership for a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient and Inclusive World” Please NOTE: For readers who are interested in hearing what Dr Cameron has to say, the event this evening will be streamed live from HERE.
The lecture, chaired by Dr John Bowman, will begin streaming sharp at 7:00pm, followed by a ‘Questions and Answers Session’, before ending at approximately 8.15pm.
Dr Cameron has worked on climate change and human rights for over two decades. He has served with the European Union; the government of the Maldives; the World Bank; the World Resources Institute, and more recently has spent five years as Managing Director at Business for Social Responsibility, encouraging hundreds of corporations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance climate resilience.
Originally from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin and currently living in the United States with his wife and two sons; Dr Cameron is currently a senior advisor to numerous governments, multinational companies, and non-profit organisations. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences, Business and Economics, having conducted ten years of doctoral research on climate justice.
In this evenings public lecture, Dr Cameron will discuss the importance of climate leadership.
Ms Laura Burke, EPA Director General stated, “Strong leadership is essential for tackling the challenge of climate change. This involves taking hard decisions to put us on the right trajectory to meet our emission reductions obligations and build resilience to the inevitable impacts of a changing climate. It also entails being able to seize the opportunities that should arise during the transition. Dr Cameron is a climate specialist with many years of experience in the areas of climate change and human rights. We are looking forward to hearing Dr Cameron’s vision for climate leadership as we transition to a more sustainable future, from his experience with the World Resources Institute and elsewhere.”
A woman who slipped on a patch of icy ground in a Thurles car park three years ago; fracturing her ankle, has lost her action for damages before the High Court having sued Tipperary County Council.
Sixty one year old Mrs Mary Burke, Kylecrue, Drombane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, had sued Tipperary County Council, following a serious fall which occurred in the Council car park, on February 15th, 2016. Mrs Burke had gone to a parking ticket pay station, which was on a raised concrete plinth, and having completed the transaction she stepped down onto a tarmacadam surface, before she slipping on ice.
The court heard that Mrs Burke, as a result of the fall, had suffered a very nasty fracture of her left ankle and had to be operated on to insert a medical plate and pins.
Mr Justice Kevin Cross stated in his judgement that he could not say that the subsidence in the car park surface, where the ice had accumulated, was due to any negligence or indeed bad workmanship by Tipperary Council.
Mr Justice Cross awarded costs of the one-day hearing against Mrs Burke, but stated that he would be pleased if Tipperary Council decided it would not enforce the costs order against her.
Note: If you type “Thurles” into your internet browser, most likely you will find Thurles.Info top of page 1. [And why not since it has been visited almost 2.5 million times since its conception. Yes, no political Facebook accounts featuring on page 1]. So, it is here we offer you the opportunity to further your political careers and causes, while further introducing yourself to your adoring public, while promising to publish your correspondence in full.
However, with regards to our internet ranking, let us set our personal satisfaction aside, and point out that we truly are more interested in drawing your attention to the feature, which is being highlighted above us at the top of Google’s page 1, entitled Top things to do in Thurles. (Click HEREor view our clarifying picture hereunder).
This is the level of pollution this evening, just 50 metres from Thurles Town Park and 60 metres from Liberty Square.
Top things to do in Thurles Of the four sites highlighted, you will note that two of the visitor sites recommendation are within the Town of Thurles, while Holycross Abbey is 7.0 km(4.3496mls) outside and Killahara Castle; not a visitor centre, is 10.4 km(6.46226mls), outside the town.
But look on the bright side, we have two visitor site recommendation within our town. (1) Thurles Cathedral: Currently free to enter, Thurles Cathedral comes highly recommend as a place to visit, by all Tourists entering the town. (2) Thurles Town Park: Was Thurles town park built as a tourist attraction? In my mind it’s doubtful, but let us for a brief moment fantasize. With a star rating of just one, “the bookworm hotel”, (latter badly in need of a spell checker) refers to our leading Thurles Town Park attraction as:- “Terrible. I think this place really needs to crack down on the gangs at night. Two people were actacked (attacked) while walking at night. Teens smoke here after school clear as day with no chance of being caught. This a hotspot for bad things . As a park it is frankly too small and needs more stuff to go on as it can be packed after school and kids need things to do . More playground sites are needed and rules more inforced (enforced)” .
Questions: (A) Who would build a town park for tourists beside the most polluted river area in Co. Tipperary; highlighting it as a tourist attraction? [See picture above today 50 metres from the park, where children today were brought to play.] (B) What is the substance currently and consistently being poured into our river Suir? Who is investigating and when can a prosecution be taken through the court system? (C) Having read most of the glossy political brochures which were pushed through my letterbox, as part of your begging / canvassing campaign, I am shocked to note that tourism remains totally absent from all your brochures and therefore your future aspirations. Once again, footfall on Liberty Square, to you is not, after all, a real priority.
It is the opinion of most people to whom I have spoken in recent days, that absolutely nothing has been achieved by those who were elected 5 years ago. The suggestion is now that perhaps we should indicate our choice in favour of new candidates, giving them a chance to undertake badly needed change, which you as elected representatives have failed dismally to implement.
Your comments please.
Yours faithfully, George Willoughby
PS: All correspondence will be verified with candidates before being published.
WEEE Ireland [ Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment] will be collecting, free of charge, old and broken electrical appliances from 4 venues, here in Co. Tipperary in the weeks ahead,.
Remember WEEE material is anything with a plug normally attached. They will accept: TVs and their Aerials, Radios, Microwaves, IT Equipment, Printers, Dishwashers, Cookers, Fridges, Freezers, Power Tools, Vacuum Cleaners, Battery Operated Toys, Electric Toothbrushes, Kettles, Toasters, Batteries and other associated items.
TEMPLEMORE: Saturday May 25th 2019. Collection Venue: The Mart Car Park. Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm.
CARRICK-ON-SUIR: Saturday June 1st 2019. Collection Venue: Carrick Swans GAA Club, Fairgreen Car Park. Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm.
CAHIR: Saturday June 8th 2019. Collection Venue: The Mart Car Park. Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm.
Again, please do remember this is a completely FREE service, which should eliminates any temptation to dump illegally in this our most beautiful of Irish counties; Co. Tipperary.
New radiation protection legislation now requires all employers, in high radon areas, to test their workplace for the radioactive gas ‘Radon‘. Where levels are above the national reference level of 300 Becquerel per metre cubed, employers are then required to carry out work to ensure the reduction of these levels.
The above Radon Map (Click Here To View In More Detail) has five categories: less than 1%, 1 to 5%, 5 to 10%, 10 to 20% and greater than 20%. If you live in an area designated as ‘greater than 20%’, this means that more than 20%(1 in 5) homes in that grid square are likely to have radon concentrations above the Reference Level.
At today’s National Radon Forum, attendees heard from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) about the requirements of this new legislation.
Details on protocol for measurement of Radon in homes & workplaces can be downloaded HERE
Speaking at today’s National Radon Forum Ms Laura Burke, (EPA Director General), said: “In Ireland, up to 300 cases of lung cancer each year are linked to Radon, which is a serious public health hazard. Employers now have responsibility to ensure that their employees are protected from exposure to this radioactive gas. Radon testing in workplaces is simple and inexpensive and, where necessary, reducing high radon levels in a building is also straightforward. The EPA and the HSA are working in partnership to support employers in implementing this legislation.”
Yvonne Mullooly, (Assistant Chief Executive, from the Health & Safety Authority) welcomed the new legislation stating: “In addition to the existing general duties on employers to address radioactive hazards, this new legislation provides employers with clear testing requirements for radon gas in their workplaces. The Authority looks forward to continued collaboration with the EPA in highlighting radon gas exposure in workplaces and supporting the ongoing work of the National Radon Control Strategy Co-ordination Group. Our inspectors will continue to raise awareness during their inspections of the potential for radon gas exposures and the need for appropriate risk assessments. We will continue to support employers by providing information and through our on-line risk assessment tool BeSMART www.BeSMART.ie, which includes radon as a hazard.”
Phase two of the National Radon Control Strategy is also being launched today at the 15th National Radon Forum in Dublin. Attendees will hear about the Government’s Strategy to tackle radon over the next 5 years and the research that is needed to support this work.
The EPA radon team are available to answer your queries at Email: radon@epa.ie or Tel: 1800 300 600.
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