Cleric will make tackling homelessness and climate change ‘key issues’ in his service

Covanta’s quest to process more refuse has sparked concern among a variety of groups

Blueprint aims to double employment and turnover in audiovisual sector in five years

Eoghan Murray confirms that Rory Mulcahy’s report has been on his desk since June 2017

IFA pins blame for Ireland’s impending fines for missing climate targets on John Gormley

Environment chairman says Green Party signed up to bad climate agreement in government

Irish politicians have turned ‘pulling a fast one’ into an art form

Patrick Logue: Dubliner’s onstage antics give voice to racist and misogynistic ideas

Green Party Bill proposes ban on plastic cups, plates and cutlery

Council asks why Covanta issued no immediate information to the public after incident that led to hospitalisation of 11 staff

Health and Safety Authority was notified of an ‘uncontrolled release’ this morning

Dublin facility prepares for ‘first fire of waste’ 20 years after original proposal

Austin Stack’s attack on Adams is the latest in a long line of high-profile interventions

How did a progressive initiative become such a disaster? Conor Pope explores the reasons why

Conor Pope: Few winners as Irish Water proves stumbling in government formation

Greens ‘first party to lose all seats in Dáil and come back’

Minister for Transport fighting to retain seat in Dublin Central, which is now three-seater

Our big four breathlessly announce ‘the launch’ of yet another drab policy message

Senator says party never made a decision on water utility or charges while in power

Fine Gael, PDs, Labour and Fianna Fáil all have experience from elections past

Internal review commissioned in 2010 to investigate complaints made by An Taisce

Alan Kelly says he will publish next week reports which were ordered two years ago

Nearly 18 acres beside successful retail warehouse scheme The Park on market

Minister calls 20% drop on 2005 levels unrealistic but country is ‘catching up quickly’

Fintan Drury will tell inquiry regulator was informed when stake became known

Ethna Tinney’s account of the EBS at the inquiry was depressing but very recognisable

Former tánaiste says government had ‘heavy responsibility for not digging deeper’

Former Green Party leader says bank guarantee was ‘least-worst option’

Alan Merriman defends his €200,000 bonus in 2008 saying he “needed that money”

Wexford’s Mick Wallace spent 70 cent, while Galway West’s Noel Grealish spent €6.29

The Fearless Four were left sweating on Vincent Browne when put on the spot

Joan Burton and Michael Noonan also sent invites to attend Oireachtas committee

Opposition politicians in place at time of economic crash to be questioned

Cost of meters could hit €1,000 in some cases

With water charges now capped, water conservation has gone out of fashion. But price isn’t the only reason to harvest rainwater and reduce consumption

Former residents recall births, weddings, music lessons and pizza parties in the house on Dawson Street, which has been the official home of Dublin’s Lord Mayor for 300 years

A new oral history book by the ‘Irish Times’ columnist Una Mullally looks back on the long campaign that led to the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage. In this extract, key players recall a 2007 battle between the then coalition ‘partners’ over the introduction of civil partnership

As charges fall, how will water be paid for?

Despite cheaper water it’s hard to see many households coming in under the new limits

Residents opposing Covanta plant in Ringsend to march on Dáil tomorrow