Following the revelation that since 2021 Meath has had no Road Safety Plan, our friends in the Gormanston Community Association got in touch and sent us a copy of their submission to the consultation which took place in February 2021
Did you know that Meath has had no road safety plan since 2021 when the last plan expired. This is despite the Road Safety Authority publishing a new strategy to cover 2021 to 2030, the Council consulting on a new plan in 2021, drafting a plan to cover 2023 to 2024 and announcing the new […]
Readers will remember that in November/December last year there was a short public consultation on a draft management plan for part of the Boyne Estuary SAC. Meath County Council has released the public submissions, 5 in total and they are copied below.
Meath County Council gave notice today of a consultation on a draft management plan for the protected dunes at Mornington. These dunes are protected by the EU Habitats Directive which requires a management plan to restore them to good status and keep them in good status. A draft plan has been published and there will […]
Today we publish records we obtained from the Department of Education about its purchase of the Educate Together Secondary School site at the corner of the Mill Road and Colpe Road. The information that was released to us from the Department of Education suggests that You can also read the coverage in the Irish Examiner […]
There has been understandable dismay over An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse to grant planning permission for the proposed Drogheda to Mornington Greenway. In an area devoid of any meaningful cycling infrastructure, the provision of a greenway to connect the coastal villages with Drogheda and further beyond is an important project. People in the area […]
Our friends at the Irish River Project are doing sterling work publishing environmental information from around the country. One document got our attention, the Meath 2022 National Enforcement Priorities Progress report which is a report from the council to the EPA about the council’s environmental enforcement activities. You can access the report at this link. […]
We thought locals would want to see the comments of the Meath Conservation Officer on the proposed 24m mast that is under consideration by An Bord Pleanála. The officer said: “As the station, station masters house, railway line, overhead light industry and track bridge that already exist are inherent industrial structures, I have no objection […]
Copy of licence application and granted licence accessed using AIE
Copies of species derogation licences for Louth and Meath in 2022