This Research Report provides an overview of Ireland’s obligations under the Aarhus Convention and EU law in respect of the requirement that certain proceedings are not prohibitively expensive. The OPR engaged Fieldfisher LLP to conduct this overview of the operation of the legal costs system in Ireland in environmental litigation under the Aarhus Convention and EU law.
This Research Report is an addendum to the Legal Costs in Planning and Environmental Judicial Reviews Report – December 2023. It was prepared at the request of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The OPR engaged Fieldfisher LLP to conduct a further analysis to support the work of the Inter-Departmental Group on Environmental Legal Costs.
This is the tenth issue of a legal bulletin which shares key learnings from the continually evolving planning and environmental case law. The bulletin will be published on the OPR’s website on a quarterly basis.
As per the Public Sector Reform Plan requirement that all Departments and Agencies publish quarterly reports on-line detailing payments of a value greater than €20,000, please find details of payments made for goods and services valued at €20,000 or more made by the OPR in Q3 of 2025.
This is the ninth issue of the legal bulletin which shares key learnings from the continually evolving planning and environmental case law. This edition is themed, and the cases selected all feature judgments relating to renewable energy projects specifically wind energy developments. The bulletin will be published on the OPR’s website on a quarterly basis
As per the Public Sector Reform Plan requirement that all Departments and Agencies publish quarterly reports on-line detailing payments of a value greater than €20,000, please find details of payments made for goods and services valued at €20,000 or more made by the OPR in Q2 of 2025.
This is the eighth issue of the legal bulletin which shares key learnings from the continually evolving planning and environmental case law. This edition is themed, and the cases selected all feature judgments relating to renewable energy projects specifically wind energy developments. The bulletin will be published on the OPR’s website on a quarterly basis.
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