Darragh O’Brien

Welcome to college in Ireland, with its long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room

Students have passed their exams, but Government has failed to act on housing them

Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole

Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments

Children aged eight and below now eligible for free public transport

Introduction of Child 5-8 Leap Card will see 263,000 children eligible for free travel

A decade ago homelessness was branded a ‘crisis’, so why are numbers still climbing?

For the first time, the number of homeless children has climbed above 5,000

CIÉ group pensioners to get increase after 17 years

Members of two pension schemes backed proposed changes to schemes this week

Drone operators to face fines for breaches of new regulations

‘Rapid pace of expansion’ of drone usage has left communities with ‘real concerns and uncertainty’, says Minister

Ryanair adds 600,000 seats to Irish winter schedule

Traffic at Dublin Airport could exceed 36 million passengers this year

Dublin’s MetroLink: How much will it really cost?

Plenty of people, including Michael O’Leary, have come out with countless different figures, some proclaiming them with great certainty

Climate scientists criticise Ireland over new ‘temperature neutrality’ proposal

‘For Ireland, with outsized methane emissions, to base its long-term climate target on stabilising warming sets a dangerous precedent’

Ireland at risk of major power outages in absence of natural gas storage, EY says

Ireland imports 80% of its natural gas supplies that power 40% of electricity generation through the UK but has no storage facility

Ending of electricity credits will bite hard this winter

A total of 301,000 households are in arrears on their electricity bills. The figures are creeping up even when the weather is mild

A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?

Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do

BusConnects route will come in ‘on time, on budget’, says Darragh O’Brien

Minister for Transport announces contract for €274m bus ‘corridor’ connecting Liffey Valley to Dublin city centre

Transport police recruitment could start by end of 2026, Minister says

New force would be separate from Garda and have powers of arrest, detention and pursuit, says Darragh O’Brien

Minister for Justice to tell Cabinet preferred candidate for next Garda Commissioner

Current commissioner Drew Harris to remain in role until September 1st

Renewable fuel source faces curbs on back of fraud fears

Incentives for waste produced from manufacturing palm oil have already been pulled and Minister is now mulling limits on imports

Miriam Lord’s Dáil end-of-term awards: from cute hoors to rookie errors and good operators

Big Jim is best in class, although sluggish start means new intake of TDs are yet to get much of a look-in - and as for Tipperary’s kingmaker...

National Development Plan to help Ireland meet climate goals, says Taoiseach

Government notes need to provide backing for development of ‘low-carbon transport projects’, such as MetroLink, before 2030

Hauliers accuse RSA of moving driving testers off commercial vehicles

RSA says waiting times for all licence categories — including commercial — will stabilise in September

‘We’ll pay for locks and moorings but rivers must run free’: Shannon business owners object to new charges

Waterways Ireland asked by former minister for housing and local government Darragh O’Brien to ‘reflect’ on charges

Ministers sought multiples of available funding as part of national plan review

Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week

Fossil fuel merchants will have to show they supply renewable energy, under Government scheme

RHO reaffirms commitment to support indigenous biomethane sector

CIÉ’s pension saga could be coming to a head

Unions warn entire group could collapse under weight of pension liabilities, which could reach up to €4bn

CIÉ could collapse amid potential €4bn pension liabilities if asset values fall, unions tell workers

Ballot on plans to reform pension schemes at State-owned transport group to commence next week

Seized criminal assets to be disposed of more quickly under new measures

Under new Bill, assets seized by Criminal Assets Bureau can be disposed of after two years instead of five

US may limit Aer Lingus flights because of Dublin Airport passenger cap, industry group warns

Airlines for America says cap breaches air travel treaties and US may respond by cutting routes

Ireland’s emissions fines could hit €26bn as decline in greenhouse gases slows

Target to reduce emissions by 51% by 2030, but last year they were down just 12%

Britain’s ambassador takes Darragh O’Brien’s name gaffe like a diplomat at summer garden party

‘We’ve so fallen in love with the city, country and people,’ says Paul Johnston, announcing he is to stay in Dublin

Industry and environment groups unveil plan to accelerate renewable energy

Efforts to bring about wind and solar farms can support land and marine biodiversity, group says

Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman excel at jaded on-air grumbling

Radio: Newstalk Breakfast duo adopt a resigned air while Joe Duffy celebrates his retirement with grim nostalgia

Plan for effective removal of rainbow pedestrian crossing in Arklow leads to clash between authorities

Wicklow County Council claims it was ‘not in a position to refresh the paint’ due to current law

CIÉ passenger numbers climbed to pre-Covid high during 2024

Public-transport company’s revenue increased to more than €1.8bn with more than 300m passenger journeys, Cabinet told

Dublin Airport will eventually exceed 40 million passengers a year, Minister for Transport predicts

Darragh O’Brien wants cap on numbers abolished, arguing the airport is important for the economy

Dublin airport operator warned over passenger cap breach

DAA says Fingal County Council enforcement notice highlights planning system `mess’

Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?

New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review

Phantom cigarette puffer of Merrion Street prompts chortles in Dáil

Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone

Irish cities face ‘dystopian future’ due to drone deliveries, TD warns, as clip of noise is played in Dáil

Call for drone restriction zone in Glasnevin, designated Ireland’s first autism friendly village

EV owners could have free charger installed and be paid to share with neighbours under new EasyGo scheme

Scheme is designed to remove one of the obstacles to adoption of electric cars

15 data centres awaiting decision on gas network connection

Industry executive warns that existing Irish retail data centres are nearing maximum capacity or ‘going dark’

Commitment to climate action hard to find in Government

Half of electricity generated in the Dublin region is now being consumed by data centres

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