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S Pádraic Fogarty: Ecosystem collapse is real and is happening here now
Ireland can breeze through the collapse of our own ecosystems because of the stabilising effect of much larger ecosystems elsewhere. Now those ecosystems too are at risk of collapse, due principally to livestock farming and industrial fishing but supercharged by the burning of fossil fuels and the pollution of waterways, writes ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

Sun, 15 Feb, 2026

Joanna Donnelly: Focus for forecasters is on how to communicate uncertainty
Joanna Donnelly: Focus for forecasters is on how to communicate uncertainty
Limitations in how far we can predict the weather, and how accurately we can describe the future changed climate, has been limited by chaos at the starting point or description of the boundary conditions

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

Trump EPA Coal Ash
Trump condemned for revoking scientific finding on climate change
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight .

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Winter weather Jan 27th 2026
'More heartache' to come as a result of extreme weather conditions, researchers warn
This January was the wettest since 2018, according to Met Éireann 

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Pollution from smokestacks filling the air at the Boise Cascade Paper Plant in Rumford Maine
Donald Trump set to rescind US climate change policy and environmental rules – official
An EPA spokesperson did not address when the finding would be revoked but reiterated that the agency is finalising a new rule on it

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Sustainability firm folds due to shift in climate policy
Sustainability firm folds due to shift in climate policy
Change By Degrees co-founder Tara Shine explains how its market all but vanished after the EU's omnibus measure scaled back key sustainability directives

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

Irish Government formation
Green Party deputy leader vows to tackle discrimination after completing cancer treatment
Hazel Chu was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer and had surgery in September

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Australian Outback Farmer
Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs
Experts said it is too early to be confident, but there are signals in the spread of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific that suggest an El Niño could form this year

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Poor tired depressed hungry homeless man holding a cardboard house. nostalgia and hope concept.
How Ireland became a wealthy country that can’t build the basics
Despite record surpluses, Ireland’s reactive planning culture continues to undermine housing delivery, infrastructure investment and long-term climate resilience

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Dozens of barriers preventing Ireland from reaching 2030 climate goals
Dozens of barriers preventing Ireland from reaching 2030 climate goals
The Joint Committee on Climate said Ireland will struggle to achieve the national objective of a 51% reduction in carbon emissions with 30 separate barriers to be overcome

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Why are Irish communities seeing more flooding and several 'one-in-100-year' floods?
Why are Irish communities seeing more flooding and several 'one-in-100-year' floods?
A one-in-100-year flood does not mean a flood that happens once a century. It means a flood with a 1% chance of occurring in any given year. Two such floods can occur in back-to-back years, or several can occur in a single decade

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Winter weather Jan 27th 2026
Orange rain warnings issued as flooding risk rises across south-east and east
Met Éireann says saturated ground, swollen rivers and high tides could trigger further flooding across eastern and southern counties

Wed, 04 Feb, 2026

Winter weather Jan 27th 2026
Irish Examiner view: Home insurance falls victim to Storm Chandra and climate change 
People in Cork still dealing with the fallout from Storm Babet look on with sympathy as residents in the east are battered by Storm Chandra

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

Malaria drug research
Climate change and deforestation helping mosquitos thrive
As the Atlantic Forest dwindles mosquitoes end up feeding more on humans out of convenience — and the risk of disease increases

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026

Flowers are great... until they bloom at the wrong time
Flowers are great... until they bloom at the wrong time
Results of the 16th annual New Year Plant Hunt show how our weather is changing, impacting flowering times and other wildlife — birds, bees, butterflies, and a wide range of pollinators — that depend on our wild plants

Wed, 28 Jan, 2026

Call for emergency co-ordinators to have adequate records of people with disabilities ahead of storms
Call for emergency co-ordinators to have adequate records of people with disabilities ahead of storms
The Oireachtas climate committee's series of proposals were issued as the country was battered by Storm Chandra

Tue, 27 Jan, 2026

Value, not sustainability, is driving the second-hand fashion boom
Value, not sustainability, is driving the second-hand fashion boom
Economic pressures and value-driven consumption are core to the second-hand surge, writes sustainability strategist Pat Kane

Mon, 26 Jan, 2026

Power plant
Only 32 fossil fuel firms account for half of world’s CO2 emissions, study shows
State-owned fossil fuel producers made up 17 of the top 20 emitters in the Carbon Majors report, which the authors said underscored the political barriers to tackling global heating

Wed, 21 Jan, 2026

Mexico Seaweed
Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide
Seaweed blooms have expanded by a staggering 13.4% a year in the tropical Atlantic and western Pacific, with the most dramatic increases occurring after 2008

Mon, 19 Jan, 2026

Cars For Sale Stock Lot Row.
No more oil changes: Ireland's car dealers face a changed landscape as electric vehicle sales surge
Direct sales to customers also threaten to upend the sector

Mon, 19 Jan, 2026

Mountain stream flows through granite boulders in Glenmacnass valley, County Wicklow, Ireland
The invisible carbon in Ireland’s waters
Dissolved organic carbon may be one of the most underestimated pressures on Irish waters. About 20% of our land area is covered by peat and peaty soils, which are among the most carbon-rich ecosystems on Earth. That makes Ireland uniquely vulnerable to large losses of carbon from land to water

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

Cop28
Scientists confirm 2025 as third-hottest year on record
The result "underscores the urgency of halting the heating of Planet Earth and growing climate impacts by rapidly cutting greenhouse gases across all sectors of society", said Prof Richard Allan, climate scientist at the University of Reading.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2026

Plan approval doesn't show Ireland 'rolling out the red carpet' for data centres, say ministers
Plan approval doesn't show Ireland 'rolling out the red carpet' for data centres, say ministers
The ministers said grid investment would be substantial in the years to come to make Ireland’s energy grid able to meet future demand

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

New electric car registrations show significant recovery in 2025
New electric car registrations show significant recovery in 2025
To reach the Government's climate goal of 845,000 private electric cars on the road by 2030, 650,000 electric cars will have to be registered in the next five years

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

Whitelee Windfarm
Telling the truth about Ireland’s climate future
To avoid the political polarisation we see in the US, climate action needs to remain a shared national priority, grounded in evidence rather than ideology

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

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