Europe’s top scientists arrive in Ireland to bolster research funding
‘We need to be more competitive against the US and China’
Where are Ireland’s Greenest Places 2026? Cast your vote here
We are asking readers to nominate the places, projects and people they believe are Ireland’s greenest
The search for Ireland’s Greenest Places begins, with two new judges on board
Following the success of last year’s competition, we are once again asking readers to nominate the places across Ireland that deserve to be recognised
Green motives are great, but climate agenda must also appeal to broader constituency
‘Utility-based mentality’ can get previously reluctant industries on board, says Elina Bardram
Irish coastal communities face erosion in ‘urgent crisis’ and need relocation, report says
Climate Change Advisory Council paper says preparations for land loss to sea needed now
New AI weather model is ‘1,000 times more efficient’ at forecasts, committee hears
Separate ‘good AI’ from ‘bad AI’ in deciding data centre policy, TDs urged
Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of Republic
Oireachtas committee on artificial intelligence to hear of challenges of data centre expansion
Habitat destruction in Ireland almost doubles without any increase in prosecutions
Figures raise questions over staffing levels in National Parks and Wildlife Service, says TD
Ireland’s hedgehogs are counting on public to help out with a prickly problem
Hedgehog Conservation Ireland has been set up to assess population numbers and take action
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national grid
Row raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricity
Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists find
Sudden surge of heat ‘downright alarming’ and marks rapidly shifting norms
Louth river incident is one of Ireland’s worst fish kills on record
Inland Fisheries Ireland says source has been identified as agricultural discharge
EU is taking Ireland to court over failure to stop illegal peat extraction
Clear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says Brussels
Endangered salmon among victims of ‘significant’ fish kill in Co Louth
‘Definite line of inquiry’ being pursued by Inland Fisheries Ireland following incident in river Glyde near Tallanstown
Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says
Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China