The European Commission has opened up another part of the EU decision-making process for stakeholder input.

The European Commission has launched the Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) which will give the first comprehensive overview on the state-of-play of how key environmental policies and laws have been implemented on the ground in Member States.

RSK (Ireland) Limited - together with Beauchamp's and Tom Phillips - will hold its Annual Breakfast Seminar on Thursday 26th May (7:30am until 9:30am).

The School of Law at UCC has announced the creation of two new cutting-edge masters programmes - an LLM in�Environmental and Natural Resources Law and and LLM in�Marine and Maritime Law.�

The 14th Law and Environment Conference - Novel Challenges � Novel Solutions: Innovation in Environmental Law & Policy - took place at UCC last week (21 April).

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has driven forward important new legislation that will help protect the environment and give a boost to environmentally responsible businesses.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly, TD, has welcomed the passing of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015 by both D�il and Seanad �ireann, with all-party support.�The Bill will now be referred to the President for signature and early enactment.