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The Government has allocated €13 million in funding to further incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles next year.

A coastal erosion and flood risk management study for Inishbofin, which was approved for funding in 2015, has still not been carried out, a situation a leading Galway TD has called “disappointing”.

A total of €1.1 million has been allocated to the repair of roads throughout County Galway, which were damaged by a series of storms this year. The funding will come through a special maintenance grant.

The European Parliament has voted through legislation to ban single use plastics like cotton buds, stirrers, plastic plates and cutlery, Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament has confirmed.

Chairperson of the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee, Hildegarde Naughton, has said Fine Gael is committed to tackling plastic waste and increasing the level of plastic recycling.

The Government has allocated €13 million in funding to further incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles next year.

Ford will add a spacious new generation Mondeo Hybrid wagon (estate) variant from next year. It will coincide with the enhancing of the range of Mondeo Hybrid petrol-electric vehicles in Europe next year.

The Climate Ambassador Programme of An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit has opened it’s application process for 2019. This exciting programme focuses on identifying individuals in secondary schools, campuses and the wider community to work as ambassadors for climate change, encouraging people from all walks of life to make a positive change in their communities.

Athlone entrepreneur, Simon Ruddy, whose company, Diluteze, originated from a self desire to create a suite of environmentally aware products, has been selected to represent Ireland at the Global Climate LaunchPad awards in Edinburgh next weekend.

With the month of October synonymous with putting a house on the property market, there is no better time to take the step of selling your home.