This paper considers the principle of Public Participation as envisaged by the Aarhus Convention. It addresses the academic debate regarding the true nature of public participation as a civil and political right and the ...

The Amending EIA Directive 2014/521/EU will take effect on May 16 2017. It will substantially change how Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is conducted in Ireland. This article outlines some of the changes it will make ...

This paper examines whether employers in SMEs within the food and drinks sector motivates their employees to adopt and use eWOM to promote their businesses. Another consideration is whether employees adopt and use eWOM ...

This article advances the theoretical and practical value of workplace spirituality by drawing on person–organization (PO) fit theory and transpersonal psychology to investigate three questions: (a) What antecedents lead ...

This article presents a summary of research report carried out for the Environmental Pillar and Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL), examining cross-border environmental co-operation and joint action on the ...

This paper outlines the main changes introduced by the amending Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2014/52/EU, and considers what these changes will mean for operators on the ground in Ireland and England when the ...

This report sets out to examine cross-border environmental co-operation and joint action on the environment facilitated by the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, and what role if any the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement will have ...

The Aarhus Convention (UNECE, 1998) arose out of Principle 10 (UNEP) of the Rio Declaration 1992 (UN, 1992), which embodies a key principle of international environmental law, that environmental decisions are best handled ...

UN Environment is seeking to create three targeted reports to provide a global overview of the progress of countries in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, sale, use and disposal of selected ...

I am a barrister and law lecturer, based in Athlone Institute of Technology. I was commissioned by the Environmental Pillar and NIEL (Northern Ireland Environment Link) to produce an independent report on the role of the ...