Farmers being deterred from moving into forestry, conference told
Changes required to address climate change can still be ‘huge win for landowners’
State may need to ‘curtail power grid access’ for future data centres
Ex-chief of Climate Change Advisory Council says further building should not be encouraged
Irish unity would trigger financial shock in Republic, committee hears
Move likely to trigger fall in living standards, John FitzGerald tells Oireachtas committee
Ban on licences for new oil and gas comes into force following Cabinet decision
New appointments to Climate Change Advisory Council coinciding with enhanced role
Call for intensive effort to set sectoral limits on emissions
Chairman of Climate Change Advisory Council says reducing emissions while enhancing farmer incomes is realisable
‘Radical shift in gear’ needed for Ireland to meet climate targets for 2030’ - report
Climate council stresses the urgency of ‘shifting from planning to action’ to reduce emissions
Home grown business drives success of Irish economy - ESRI
New NNP-based research calculates contribution of domestic and foreign sectors
State’s use of public funds to buy carbon credits ‘has no domestic benefit’
Climate advisory body says lack of plans to decarbonise a major obstacle to new policy
Undervaluing of nature has lead to its destruction, conference told
Prof Jane Stout says in Ireland, this had resulted in loss of habitats and loss of species
Budget’s failure to increase carbon tax is shocking
Measure would not have been a panacea but an important step in underlining intent
United Ireland would see living standards in Republic fall by 15%
New study shows impact on South if Northern Ireland lost €11bn subvention
ESRI calls for new set of ‘deglobalised’ national accounts
Think tank says traditional accounts failing to capture true level of economic activity
Global warming: Ireland set to miss 2020 emissions targets
Climate council warns economic growth and rising emissions ‘not yet decoupled’
Climate Change Advisory Council strongly criticises Government plan on climate
Ireland has the third highest emissions per capita for residential energy use in the EU
Citizens’ Assembly votes for radical moves to tackle climate change
Tax on agricultural emissions and more spending on public transport urged
Ireland will miss climate targets 'by more than expected'
John Fitzgerald: by 2014 it was clear that we were not going to meet our targets
Passing of climate Bill in Dail ‘historic’, says Kelly
Independent TD Clare Daly criticises Government’s approach to climate change
Climate solution may lie in cheap technologies, conference told
Major slowdown in global emissions ‘the most that can be hoped for’ over five years
New climate council to oversee Ireland’s transition to low carbon society
11-member expert group includes some of the State’s top academics
Aircraft leasing activities to distort trade figures, says ESRI
Inclusion in national accounts will make it harder to interpret data, says FitzGerald
Central Bank governor outlines lessons of the financial crisis
Patrick Honohan marks retirement of ESRI professor speaking of 'home-spun truths, Lady Bracknell and the carelessness of policymakers'
October budget may be too early to lower tax, warn economists
Coalition ‘statement of priorities’ includes commitment to publish tax reform plan
Government will have just €360 million for tax cuts in budget, says ESRI
Economic think thank warns only limited scope for tax breaks in upcoming budget
Nobody in Irish Water will be paid for doing nothing, says Kenny
Taoiseach rejects Prof John FitzGerald’s claim of overstaffing
Irish Water says it will achieve exchequer savings of €2bn by 2021
Company says staff numbers would reduce over time, through retirement or by voluntary redundancy schemes
Irish Water to seek voluntary redundancies
Newly established utility responds to criticism that overstaffing will cost it up to €2 billion
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