Ireland faces ‘damaging’ backlog of over 60 climate action measures, new report reveals‘Legacy’ measures in latest Government progress report damaging in several waysMon Aug 03 2026 - 06:00
Firefighters battle blaze after fire reignites on Slievenamon Tipperary County Council requests Air Corps support in effort to curb and control problem Sun Aug 02 2026 - 15:18
Ancient Irish volcano provides new clues to modern-day eruptionsResearch led by Trinity College reveals how magma moves and changes undergroundSat Aug 01 2026 - 06:00
El Niño could cause Ireland to have unseasonably warm autumn Weather pattern ‘continues to intensify and ... much of the world faces above-normal temperatures’ Fri Jul 31 2026 - 17:52
Private water schemes serving many schools, crèches and bars across Ireland pose health riskEnvironmental Protection Agency raises concerns over public health riskThu Jul 30 2026 - 06:00
No more sheltering or iodine tablets: Why are we getting a new nuclear emergency plan?Worst-case scenario ‘very unlikely’, says departmentWed Jul 29 2026 - 18:18
Heat pump numbers must increase twentyfold and retrofits must doubleClimate Change Advisory Council also warns against further delay of rises in carbon taxWed Jul 29 2026 - 00:01
Uisce Éireann faces biggest repair job in its history as it aims to fix key pipeline in just 27 hoursCrew will work around the clock to repair pipeline to Dublin over bank holiday weekendMon Jul 27 2026 - 18:09
Emergency infrastructure laws ‘may be at extremity’ of what is constitutionally permittedMinister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projectsSat Jul 25 2026 - 08:48
Dairy firm suspended over pollution is allowed to restart operationsOutstanding issues at North Cork Creameries must be addressed by end of next monthFri Jul 24 2026 - 16:42
Billion-euro expansion announced for country’s most congested rail lineFourteen-kilometre stretch from Dublin Connolly to Malahide is to be doubled from two-track to four-trackFri Jul 24 2026 - 01:00
What can’t I do under a hosepipe ban and how often are people fined or convicted? Uisce Éireann has flow meters that can help identify suspiciously high usage of waterWed Jul 22 2026 - 07:36
Evidence of interbreeding with farmed fish raises fears for wild salmonDNA from escaped stocks could be a damaging evolutionary force, scientists sayMon Jul 20 2026 - 06:00
Minister set to have final say as planning application for State LNG storage expected this yearLaw to give Minister powers to directly approve facility passed by Government last weekMon Jul 20 2026 - 06:00
Electricity waste hits €1.6m daily while ‘550,000 suffer energy poverty’Energy charity seeks national policy on using surplus wind energy to power low-income homesFri Jul 17 2026 - 18:01
Dublin City Council curtails street cleaning to save water but no let off for graffitiLocal authority aims to half water use on streets while hosepipe ban remains in placeFri Jul 17 2026 - 16:58
Irish cities need heatwave plans, coalition of health experts says‘Urban heat island’ effect means cities are often several degrees hotter than surrounding areasThu Jul 16 2026 - 21:07
The secret to successful eavesdropping: Trinity College study shows how we do itFindings challenge long-held view that people can only focus on one speaker at a timeThu Jul 16 2026 - 20:58
Urgent talks needed on future of farming in a changing climate, advisory body saysJust Transition Commission says practices must change but farmers must be supportedThu Jul 16 2026 - 07:00
Chemical company apologises for false critical incident alarm, leaving Dublin residents in fearLocal residents call for better communication after anxious night with concerns over potential toxin releaseThu Jul 16 2026 - 06:00
Rules for plug-in solar panels being finalised – but not before end of summerRecommended approach will be ready in September, Oireachtas climate committee hearsWed Jul 15 2026 - 17:37
Six-week hosepipe ban issued for parts of east of country amid ongoing hot weatherUisce Éireann warns of dwindling supplies with Dublin, south Tipperary and areas of Wicklow and Kildare among locations affectedMon Jul 13 2026 - 18:26
‘We have entered a new reality’: Ireland is alarmingly unprepared for a heatwave futureFrom a lack of cool spaces to the push for more energy efficient homes, Ireland has no clear plan to cope with a warming worldSat Jul 11 2026 - 06:00
‘They’re meant to be there’: Expert urges calm over jellyfish ‘smacks’ seen off Irish coastLarge congregations of jellyfish are normal, marine biologist says, despite social media buzzFri Jul 10 2026 - 11:31
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions down for fourth consecutive yearGreenhouse gasTue Jul 07 2026 - 23:55
European maritime law aims to tighten collective security and environmental focus Forthcoming legislation will increase ocean border security and see development of pilot European drone fleet Mon Jul 06 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s commitment to EU climate action under scrutiny during presidency of blocCampaigners urge Government to hold firm against pressures to ease environmental rules on industryMon Jul 06 2026 - 06:00
El Niño conditions ‘developing rapidly’ with ‘extreme weather events’ more likely, WMO warnsIreland set for warmer temperatures over coming week and throughout rest of summerFri Jul 03 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s land use fails to safeguard water or support climate action, report findsTwo-thirds of all land is used for farming that is subject to recurring income volatilityThu Jul 02 2026 - 20:51
Warmer days with temperatures in 20s forecast, but uncertainty over another heatwaveImproved spell expected due to return of high-pressure area over south of countryThu Jul 02 2026 - 13:35
The heat dome is back over Europe. Does that mean another heatwave for Ireland? Higher temperatures on the way but we might not exceed the mid-20s and there should be less humidityThu Jul 02 2026 - 13:28
Unsafe drinking water led to restrictions for 200,000 last yearEnvironmental Protection Agency says numbers under boil water or restriction notices is ‘worrying’Wed Jul 01 2026 - 06:00
A new threat visits this Spanish tourist town: the scorching sunFor Spaniards from the interior, to be forced indoors on their prized holidays felt desperately unfairSat Jun 27 2026 - 10:00
Europe’s top scientists arrive in Ireland to bolster research funding ‘We need to be more competitive against the US and China’Tue Jun 23 2026 - 10:00
Where are Ireland’s Greenest Places 2026? Cast your vote hereWe are asking readers to nominate the places, projects and people they believe are Ireland’s greenestSat Jun 13 2026 - 06:00
The search for Ireland’s Greenest Places begins, with two new judges on boardFollowing the success of last year’s competition, we are once again asking readers to nominate the places across Ireland that deserve to be recognisedFri Jun 12 2026 - 10:00
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 Thu Jun 11 2026 - 06:00
Irish coastal communities face erosion in ‘urgent crisis’ and need relocation, report saysClimate Change Advisory Council paper says preparations for land loss to sea needed nowWed Jun 10 2026 - 06:00
New AI weather model is ‘1,000 times more efficient’ at forecasts, committee hearsSeparate ‘good AI’ from ‘bad AI’ in deciding data centre policy, TDs urgedTue Jun 09 2026 - 15:49
Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of RepublicOireachtas committee on artificial intelligence to hear of challenges of data centre expansionTue Jun 09 2026 - 06:00
Habitat destruction in Ireland almost doubles without any increase in prosecutionsFigures raise questions over staffing levels in National Parks and Wildlife Service, says TDTue Jun 09 2026 - 06:00
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national gridRow raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricitySun Jun 07 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s hedgehogs are counting on public to help out with a prickly problemHedgehog Conservation Ireland has been set up to assess population numbers and take actionSun Jun 07 2026 - 06:00
Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists findSudden surge of heat ‘downright alarming’ and marks rapidly shifting normsThu Jun 04 2026 - 21:00
Louth river incident is one of Ireland’s worst fish kills on recordInland Fisheries Ireland says source has been identified as agricultural dischargeThu Jun 04 2026 - 19:15
EU is taking Ireland to court over failure to stop illegal peat extractionClear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says BrusselsThu Jun 04 2026 - 14:26
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 TallanstownWed Jun 03 2026 - 18:45
Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN saysData processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in ChinaWed Jun 03 2026 - 18:32
Taoiseach proposes referendum to create new ministerial office for maritime issuesMicheál Martin said ‘there’s something missing where we don’t have a stronger department of the marine’Wed Jun 03 2026 - 14:12
Irish Rail says rumours new Darts are too big for tunnels are falseRoll-out of new carriages is delayed, but company says this has nothing to do with their sizeTue Jun 02 2026 - 19:00
