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Acknowledgements
The report was prepared under the direction of Dr Matthew Crowe, Director, Office of Evidence and Assessment.
Advice and comment on the report were also received from the other Directors of the Agency: Ms Laura Burke (Director
General), Dr Micheál Ó Cinnéide, Dr Micheál Lehane, Mr Dara Lynott and Mr Gerard O’Leary.
The principal EPA authors of individual chapters were
as follows:
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Environmental Assessments
Brendan Wall
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Chapter 2: Air Quality
Dr Micheál O’Dwyer, Kevin Delaney, Dr Bernard Hyde,
Patrick Kenny
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Chapter 3: Climate Change
Dr Frank McGovern
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Chapter 4: Nature and Biodiversity
Ciara Maxwell, Dr Wayne Trodd, Dr Colin Byrne,
Dr Deirdre Tierney
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Chapter 5: Water
Dr Colin Byrne, Dr Deirdre Tierney, Dr Shane O’Boyle,
Dr Robert Wilkes, Dr Catherine Bradley, Alan Stephens,
Garvan O’Donnell
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Chapter 6: Waste
Fiona McCoole, Regina Campbell
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Chapter 7: Land and Soil
Cian O’Mahony, Gavin Smith
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Chapter 8: Environment and Health
Dr Shane Colgan, Aoife Loughnane
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Chapter 9: Environment and Economy
Dr Jonathan Derham
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Chapter 10: Transport
Stephen Treacy, Tony Dolan, Patrick Kenny
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Chapter 11: Energy
Dr Frank McGovern, Tony Dolan
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Chapter 12: Agriculture
Andrew Fanning, Phillip O’Brien, Patrick Byrne
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Chapter 13: Environmental Challenges and
Emerging Issues for Ireland
Brendan Wall, Dr Jonathan Derham
The report was edited by Mr Brendan Wall (Lead Editor),
Dr Jonathan Derham and Mr Tadhg O’Mahony
(Assistant Editors).
Production of the report was managed by Ms Deirdre
Murphy and Ms Helen Bruen.
The report project team was Mr Brendan Wall (Project
Manager), Mr Tony Dolan, Ms Deirdre Murphy, Ms Helen
Bruen, Ms Eileen Monahan and Dr Jonathan Derham.
Maps in this report were produced by Melanie Mageean
and Richard Geoghegan and provided by other sources as
acknowledged through the report.
EPA personnel who provided photographs were:
Regina Campbell, Rebecca Cantrell, Andrew Cox,
Lisa Cullimore, Jonathan Derham, John Doheny, Niall
Dunne, Gary Free, John Gibbons, Jason Larkin, Ruth Little,
Cormac MacGearailt, Ian Marnane, Damien Masterson,
Cian O’Mahony, Mary Sheehan, Anthea Southey,
Dr Wayne Trodd, Brendan Wall and Robert Wilkes.
Other photographs were provided by:
#2minutebeachclean, Abbeyleix Bog Project, BirdWatch
Ireland, Burren Programme, Cleancoasts, Inland Fisheries
Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, National Parks
and Wildlife Service.
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