Ireland
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9 counties: Cavan, Clare, Fermanagh, Kerry, Kildare, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon and Westmeath,
2 Districts: Newry and Mourne in counties Armagh and Down,
8 cities or towns: Bantry, Bray, Clonakilty, Cork, Derry, Galway, Letterkenny, and Navan and
more than 1,000 smaller areas have declared themselves to be GMO-free zones on the island of Ireland.
Organisations and institutions active on GMO
Presentations
Lucern, April 2009
Michael O'Callaghan, GMO-free Ireland
Presentation: Ireland as GMO-free Biosafety reserve for Europe (pdf, 2,1 MB, English)
Legal documents
Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2001 , S.I. No. 73 of 2001
Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 73 of 2001) Genetically Modified Organisms Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 345 of 1994) Legislation on contained use of GMOs, 2001 Legislation on deliberate release of GMOs, 2003
Petitions
Petition GMO-free Ireland: Petition toTaoiseach, the Irish Minister for Agriculture and Food and the Irish Minister for Environment and Local Government . Sign
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Other background information
Environmental protection Agency: Annual Reporting for GMO/GMM Contained use activities
Department of Agriculture and Food: Coexistence of GM and non-GM Crops in Ireland, 2005 GMO-free zones in Ireland Ireland's policy on "co-existence" of GM crops 2,546 tonnes of prohibited Bt10 maize unloaded at Irish port (GM-Free Ireland)
One thousand GMO-Free Zones were declared throughout the island of Ireland during Earth Day 2005 by farmers, food producers, hotels, restaurants, markets, pubs, retailers, and homes North and South of the border.
US Department of Agriculture: Annual Agricultural Biotech Report
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