What is evident in any study of environmental policy is that the significance of EU policy in the development of environmental procedures throughout Europe cannot be underestimated. Specific German, Dutch and British or Irish case histories can be examined in order to establish the sources and motivations behind any eventual EU policies. Over the previous decades the impact of a heightened ecological focus has brought these debates to the fore in Irish life as a previously agrarian society industrialised and the Celtic Tiger economy gained strength.
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(2008). The Environmental Protection Agency and the Irish Green Party. In: The Environmental Movement in Ireland. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6812-6_3
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