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Ireland, Greece condemned for green breaches

ENDS Europe
Thursday 25 October 2007

Ireland has been condemned by the European court of justice for breaching a 1980 directive on the protection of groundwater against dangerous substances.  In a ruling issued on Thursday EU judges said operators of a municipal landfill in the county of Wicklow had failed to prevent leachate from being discharged into water.

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The Danish government presents the programme of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union ‘Europe at work'

Denmark took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January.

Read ENDS article on its provisional agenda of meetings

See also its website and full programme of work officially presented on 6 January