Key issue will be whether there is a programme of successive yearly rises

Measures ‘do not add up to bringing Irish emissions down far enough fast enough’

People Before Profit TD says the Government is continuing to issue exploration licences, build runways and construct a gas terminal

Bruton’s move is ambitious but we must all engage as citizens to save our planet

Ireland has the capacity to develop ambitious climate policy – what we need now is strong implementation

Can carbon tax be used to change behaviour while also protecting less well off?

Minister says climate action plan will see ‘massive shift’ from fossil fuel-powered electricity, transport and heating

Surge in support ‘different’ as Greens reinstate presence in Cork, Limerick and Galway

Thousands of students around the country take to the streets to demand action

Second national protest led by secondary school pupils in Dublin, Cork and across country

Draft proposal analysis calls for rapid decarbonisation of Irish economy and society

Success of Government’s efforts will hinge on people’s willingness to embrace technology

Study says 50 per cent of freshwaters are polluted, leading to decline in salmon stocks

Children may have to be taught about life forms ‘in the past tense’, claims Senator

Report calls for laws to set more ambitious climate and renewable electricity targets

People Before Profit says there was every risk carbon taxes would become the only tool deployed to address carbon emissions

EU’s climate action group says national plan ‘does not demonstrate high ambition’

The onus is now on the Government to incorporate the report into its own plans

Last-minute amendment agreed to support those on low income before taxes imposed

Students tell Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action to ‘stop taking baby steps’

Teagasc’s 2017 sustainability report confirms income gap between dairy and other farm types

Fine Gael TD says time for talking on carbon tax is over as public wants politicians to act

FF spokesman on climate action says party would support raising carbon taxes incrementally

‘It is beyond the means of many people to retrofit their homes,’ says Solidarity- PBP TD

People Before Profit and Sinn Féin are resisting any increase in carbon tax

Fianna Fáil leader says he will facilitate a fourth budget under the current agreement

Parties wanted to set impossibly high targets for reducing carbon footprint so Government would not reach them, meeting heard

Main parties disagree on tax model, as overall report on climate change delayed

Oireachtas committee criticises broadcaster for low level of environmental coverage

Organisation says measure will not work if people feel climate-action responsibility is being pushed onto individuals

Irish emissions are going in the wrong direction, and the cost of inaction now will be considerably greater in coming years

Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action told voluntary redundancy ‘inadequate’

‘Farmers ready to roll up their sleeves on climate action’

Ireland has potential to adopt ‘nature-based solutions’ such as the use of peatlands to capture carbon dioxide, climate expert says

Consumers, industry and business to face higher taxes on fossil fuels – Robert Watt

Inside Politics: The ultimate aim of the backstop is to go nowhere in particular

Minister for Environment’s plan will need co-operation of Government and Oireachtas

New Minister for Climate Action wants to make Ireland a leader in its response

Kevin O'Sulivan on the climate policies we don't have and the ones we should have

National Transport Authority has two more deliveries of buses in pipeline