Malcolm Noonan

Between 35,000 and 53,000 homes ‘needed annually to meet demand’

New report details wide range of possible outcomes for housing demand over coming years

Eamon Ryan profile: Despite the ‘moonshots’, the Greens leader was a realist at heart

Ryan first became involved in politics through his chairmanship of the Dublin Cycling Campaign

What impact will the EU nature restoration law have on Ireland?

Far-reaching consequences for land use, especially farming, and also marine development. But uncertainty and rural anger remain

Propeller believed to belong to first World War submarine recovered in Cork harbour

German submarine sank off Roche’s Point in 1917 while mining Cork harbour to disrupt British supply lines

Election trail: Green Party back on the endangered species list after four years in Government

The party has claimed policy wins since entering Coalition but retaining gains made in 2019′s local and European elections will be challenging

Ireland’s first marine national park

A park without its challenges

Q&A: All you need to know about Ireland’s newest national park, Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara

Park is mix of formerly privately owned marine and land sites around Kerry, now under management of National Parks and Wildlife Service

Conor Pass bought by State for ‘less than €6m’, paving way for Ireland’s first marine national park

Details of Co Kerry amenity announced in Dingle to coincide with Earth Day

Plans to publish revised housing targets in autumn show ‘lack of ambition, urgency’, Bacik says

Labour leader says Taoiseach’s call for 250,000 homes ‘clear acceptance new targets needed’ but Minister of State says ‘robust evidence-based research’ required

Failure to ratify EU nature restoration law could have far-reaching impacts, Eamon Ryan warns

Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands have said they will not support the legislation

Updated guidance for public on ethical use of countryside includes dog control, accessing land and preventing fires

Leave No Trace Ireland’s seven principles for responsible and ethical use of outdoors revised after consultation process

Going 30x30 is critical to arresting global biodiversity decline

‘After signing up to landmark Cop15 agreement, Ireland cannot simply leave it to other nations to do the work in protecting nature’

Role of farmers critically important to nature restoration process, says junior minister

European Parliament to vote on the EU Nature Restoration Law on Tuesday, but work under way to create a restoration plan for Ireland regardless of outcome, says Malcolm Noonan

Revised national biodiversity plan backed by new powers to protect and restore declining nature across Ireland

All public bodies now legally required to integrate biodiversity into plans and policies

Ireland’s largest protected area for birds to be created along Co Wexford coast

National Parks and Wildlife Service says move ‘another determined step’ by Ireland to protect marine birdlife

Convictions for wildlife crime include badger digging, disturbance of bats and hare lurching

Minister Malcolm Noonan said ‘citizen reporting’ was ‘essential’ in safeguarding nature

Units to target deer culling in ‘hot spots’ where population deemed unsustainable

New report recommends Government consider setting up deer management agency

Ministers and Meath company had multiple contacts before €11m sale of 550-acre estate to State

Devenish Nutrition lobbied four Ministers to establish whether State was interested in buying Dowth lands including large part of Unesco World Heritage Brú na Bóinne site

Operator of Carton House in Co Kildare convicted and fined for damaging local ‘ecosystem’

Company fined €8,000 after pleading guilty to offences relating to clearing of vegetation at upmarket hotel

Plan proposed for houseboats at Pigeon House Harbour on the Liffey

IWAI scheme proposes new marina lying between new Poolbeg urban quarter and the river

EU agrees nature restoration deal that will have far-reaching impact for Ireland

Green MEP welcome measures to protect and restore Irish wetlands which were opposed by Irish farmers, although key elements ‘watered down’

Ireland will fulfil commitment to protect 30% of marine areas by 2030 - Minister

Darragh O’Brien pledged to reach goal, with natural areas rising to 10 per cent of total in two years

Ireland’s newest National Park announced for Co Meath

State purchases 223 hectare property on Dowth demesne

Game clubs kick back against duck species ban based on ‘ideology’

National Association of Regional Game Councils claim move is not for protection of birds but motivated by animal rights agenda

Hunting of four duck species outlawed as conservationists seek further bans

Scaup, Goldeneye, Pochard and Pintail duck species ruled off-limits to hunters but BirdWatch Ireland wants the Shoveler and Golden Plover protected too

Corncrake numbers rising in Ireland

Endangered bird spotted on the Aran Islands for the first time in more than 25 years

Sea bird protection plan clashes with proposed wind farm

Industry criticises Government failure to consult

Ireland’s largest protected area for bird species to be created in Irish Sea

North-West Irish Sea SPA to stretch along coasts of counties Dublin, Meath and Louth and become Ireland’s largest protected area for bird species

Miriam Lord: Tubsgate and Dee Forbes’ rich list will make this week a hard one to follow - but TDs want a sequel

Cannon’s back on the road two years after horrific cycling accident while Harney is proof of life after politics

‘A damning indictment’: European court finds Ireland failed to implement EU habitats directive

Decision ‘a damning indictment of Ireland’s failure to protect nature’, IWT says

State wildlife agency to play ‘stronger role in protecting nature’

Six new directorates put in place with staff increased to 471 – progress report confirms

Ireland consistently in favour of nature restoration law, Ryan says - as critical European Parliament vote looms

Rejection of law at Thursday’s vote would be a big blow to the European green deal

Cuckoo tagging project could solve one of Ireland’s ‘most intriguing natural mysteries’

A joint Irish-UK scheme will track exactly where they go when the birds go when they depart Ireland in mid-summer

Al Gore calls for scaling-up of marine protected areas in Irish waters

Loss of ocean biodiversity has serious consequences for humanity, Fair Seas conference told

Members of public asked to help spot one of Ireland’s most elusive mammals – the otter

National Parks & Wildlife Service leading latest survey of protect species

Ospreys to be reintroduced to Ireland approximately 150 years after becoming extinct here

Plans to reintroduce the bird are due to come to fruition this summer, says Minister of State for Heritage, Malcolm Noonan

Glenasmole restoration plan will use nature to boost water quality and cut Dodder flood risk

Acquisition of 2,000-hectare site from Nama enables river-catchment conservation approach for first time

Nine counties have fewer than five GPs providing abortion care

Politicians call for action as report finds service could be ‘untenable’ in some places

‘We must treat the Earth like a member of the family or a friend’

Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss calls for greater respect for the rights of nature

Biodiversity crisis: Time to stop all developments on special areas of conservation

Opinion: SACs are viewed as temporary inconveniences to be easily overcome when countervailing considerations of development arise

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