{"id":538868,"date":"2026-07-08T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538868\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:09:09","slug":"new-laws-to-protect-irelands-coastal-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538868\/","title":{"rendered":"New laws to protect Ireland\u2019s coastal waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">More of Ireland\u2019s coastal waters are set to come under protection under new conservation laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Ministers have agreed to fast-track legislation aimed at safeguarding the country\u2019s seas and marine wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>The measures are intended to protect biodiversity, support Ireland\u2019s renewable energy ambitions, strengthen energy security, and help address climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Minister for Fisheries and the Marine, Timmy Dooley, says they\u2019ve set a target of protecting 30 per cent of Ireland\u2019s coastal sea area by 2030<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NEWSTALK202607080105.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NEWSTALK202607080105.wav<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More of Ireland\u2019s coastal waters are set to come under protection under new conservation laws. Ministers have agreed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-538868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}