‘Devastating loss’ of Irish plant life revealed in 20-year study Plant Atlas 2020 shows 56% decline in Ireland’s native wild plants, with habitats affected by farming and forestryWed Mar 08 2023 - 00:03
Measures to accelerate offshore renewable energy roll-out announced by RyanCabinet backs approach for wind farm development in designated sea areas despite developer concernsTue Mar 07 2023 - 18:16
Government failing to prevent illegal turf cutting 12 years after ban, says conservation group Figures show peat extraction on the rise despite compensation scheme, with raised bogs in special areas of conservation facing destructionMon Mar 06 2023 - 01:00
Why your morning cup of coffee is under threatCharity Fairtrade Ireland has issued bleak news that stocks of beloved coffee could disappear by 2050Fri Mar 03 2023 - 04:45
McConalogue confirms voluntary support scheme to reduce dairy cowsClimate target for agriculture ‘is anything but business as usual and will require transformational change’Thu Mar 02 2023 - 16:24
Every 1-degree rise in ocean temperatures produces huge increase in rainfall, Irish study findsRainfall trends will have major bearing on extreme flood events in US with knock-on impacts likely to be felt in IrelandThu Mar 02 2023 - 00:01
Government to appoint independent scientific adviserDual role with Science Foundation Ireland position ended after 10 yearsWed Mar 01 2023 - 00:01
Ireland seeing rise in emissions even though 80% of climate action targets met Worsening impacts from climate change continued during 2022, progress report highlightsTue Feb 28 2023 - 19:29
A supergrid for Europe is the last piece in jigsaw to decarbonise EuropeElectrifying everything can become the great workhorse of decarbonisation and be the main driver in ending reliance on fossil fuels, write Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’SullivanSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
‘It’s happening all over the country’ - Protest highlights annual destruction of 3,000km of hedgerowsGroup calls for Department of Agriculture to tighten regulationsWed Feb 15 2023 - 15:34
Fossil fuel boilers will be fully phased out of new dwellings by end of 2024, committee toldOireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action hears retrofitting programme for local authority housing an essential measure to tackle energy povertyTue Feb 14 2023 - 15:54
Ireland worst in world for wetlands depletion over past 3 centuries, global study finds‘People talk about destruction of the Amazon forest, but we have done exactly the same in Ireland,’ says UCD expertSat Feb 11 2023 - 02:00
Eco Eye ends on RTÉ television after 21 yearsFinal episode revisits issue of declining water quality in rivers, lakes and estuariesThu Feb 09 2023 - 06:32
Women in science event highlights progress and persisting barriers ‘There isn’t a sort of one-size-fits-all’ way to success, says Prof Charlotte WattsThu Feb 09 2023 - 06:00
Wind farms produced 41% of Irish electricity in January Wind industry chief warns planning difficulties likely to delay new wind farms and put 2030 climate targets in jeopardyWed Feb 08 2023 - 00:15
Dodos have been extinct for hundreds of years. Can scientists really bring them back to life?Give Me a Crash Course: Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas start-up, wants to mine the dodo genome for key traits to reassemble in the body of a living relativeFri Feb 03 2023 - 17:36
Local communities critical to restoring Ireland’s vast peatlands, academic saysWorld Wetlands Day highlights urgent need to restore vital ecoystems that store carbonFri Feb 03 2023 - 10:42
Binge drinking alters gut microbiome linked to behavioural changes – Irish scientists find‘Most common pattern of alcohol misuse during early adulthood linked with gut microbiome alterations, even before addiction develops’Thu Feb 02 2023 - 10:30
Scale up of protected marine areas will not be unduly restrictive, Oireachtas committee toldEnsuring ‘stakeholder consultation’ critical to effective MPAs in Ireland, marine ecologist saysTue Jan 31 2023 - 18:14
Households to get €50 refunds for being overcharged on ESB bills dating back to 2009Provider incorrectly applied subvention to support large energy consumers, Oireachtas committee toldTue Jan 31 2023 - 17:42
More than 7,000 birds on eight poultry farms in Ireland to be culled due to salmonella outbreakSome flocks have been culled in an effort to restrict the outbreakMon Jan 30 2023 - 18:05
70% of Irish students use deeply negative words to describe feelings on climate crisis, survey showsYoung scientists remain optimistic as 91% say they believe science can help with solving crisisMon Jan 30 2023 - 12:25
Ireland’s lead role in battery storage ‘needs fine tuning’ as renewables scale up, industry expert saysIsland of Ireland is ahead of much of the EU and already has 1.5 gigawatts of battery storage in planning, enough to power 750,000 homesFri Jan 27 2023 - 05:00
Doomsday Clock: 10 seconds that could make all the difference in the worldRussia’s invasion of Ukraine, the climate crisis, and biological threats such as Covid-19 have brought human extinction closer than ever beforeFri Jan 27 2023 - 05:00
European Commission brings Ireland to court over EU water directive ‘failure’Department of Heritage says new Act addresses European concerns over legal shortcomingsThu Jan 26 2023 - 21:50
Claims of bacteria in babies before birth rejected in UCC-led studyExperts find flaws in studies suggesting existence of foetal microbiomeWed Jan 25 2023 - 16:54
Report calls for renewable gas options to decarbonise rural IrelandRural homes can achieve B1 BER for €11,000 by switching ‘renewable-ready gas boilers’ with building upgradesWed Jan 25 2023 - 15:21
Russia-Ukraine war pushes ‘doomsday clock’ to worst time ever: 90 seconds to midnight Bio-threats, nuclear proliferation and climate crisis also mean humanity is closer to annihilationTue Jan 24 2023 - 19:34
ESB Networks to unveil €10bn plan for net-zero futureStrategy for ‘clean electricity future’ targets big increase in renewable connections and flexible management of demandMon Jan 23 2023 - 00:15
Traces of controversial weedkiller detected in a quarter of Irish people testedStudy raises concerns about most frequently used weedkiller in EU, glyphosateMon Jan 23 2023 - 00:01
Coillte deal with UK pension fund alarms Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity lossFinal report to be submitted to the Oireachtas in coming weeksSat Jan 21 2023 - 18:49
Strong support for climate action ‘among urban and rural people’ ‘People across Ireland are in almost full agreement that climate change is happening … and are worried about it’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 15:07
‘Large gap’ in carbon dioxide removal needed to curtail global warming‘Innovation in CDR has expanded dramatically in past two years’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 13:48
Bees may be at risk from commonly used weedkillers, Irish scientists findBees can become exposed to EU’s most common herbicide via wildflower nectarWed Jan 18 2023 - 00:00
Young Scientist students tackle period poverty at schoolTwo Co Tipperary students investigated reasons for stigma surrounding menstruationSat Jan 14 2023 - 13:03
Tipperary students win 2023 BT Young Scientist competitionProject by Shane O’Connor and Liam Carew from Abbey School assessed effects of secondary school on 2,500 studentsFri Jan 13 2023 - 19:40
Young Cork scientists conduct experiment on biological memoryStudents discover potential biological solution to unsustainable data storage approach in IrelandThu Jan 12 2023 - 19:41
Primary pupils show how exercise improves concentration Boat building and computer coding also among the skills showcased by children at The Primary Science Fair at the RDS, DublinThu Jan 12 2023 - 17:57
Progress on diversity in business undermined by too few women pursuing STEM careers – BTYSTE forum toldHousing and shortage of venture capital main obstacles to start-up activity in IrelandThu Jan 12 2023 - 10:23
Young Scientist exhibition: More eco-friendly wind turbine and seaweed biofuel among projects as focus turns to energyKilkee students backing kelp as a replacement for fossil fuels, while Leitrim student has designed her own wind turbineWed Jan 11 2023 - 20:06
President urges young scientists to work for benefit of humanity rather than personal gain ‘Science has extended the length and quality of life itself but is never neutral,’ says Michael D Higgins at opening of BT Young Scientist & Technology ExhibitionWed Jan 11 2023 - 17:29
Stand on one foot and wash your clothes with beetroot: Young scientists showcase their experimentsBT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition returns this week, with many projects on health and climate changeTue Jan 10 2023 - 16:35
Young scientists back in the RDS real world after Covid-19 disruptionBack by popular demand: the 59th staging of BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition returns to spiritual homeSun Jan 08 2023 - 17:00
A decade on: How the horsemeat scandal changed the way the world thinks of food safetyIreland was blamed, then praised, for exposing rampant food fraudSat Jan 07 2023 - 05:00
Europe’s record temperatures provide little comfort in an ever-warming worldContinent experiencing ‘most extreme weather event ever seen in European climatology’ as eight countries record warmest January days on recordWed Jan 04 2023 - 16:08
Antimicrobial resistance pandemic potentially looms in shadow of CovidPeople are dying from common, once-treatable infections because bacteria have become resistant to treatmentTue Dec 27 2022 - 04:15
Climate crisis in 2022: The year extreme weather events hit homeWhile increasingly hitting the developed world, it is poorer countries suffering mostSat Dec 24 2022 - 05:00
Climate action plan: Clear but painful path set out to cut Ireland’s emissionsWide-ranging detail emerges on forthcoming changes to affect farmers, drivers and homeownersWed Dec 21 2022 - 20:26
Cop15 deal aims to conserve 30% of world’s land and water by 2030 Agreement regarded by many as a way to transform the global response to the destruction of nature and begin restorationMon Dec 19 2022 - 19:05
Cop15: Global Biodiversity Framework a ‘first step’ in resetting our relationship with natural world‘Success will be measured by our rapid and consistent progress in implementing what we have agreed to’Mon Dec 19 2022 - 19:03
