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<p>Ironically, global warming could cause temperatures to collapse in Ireland: The 'cold blob' due to the accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet melt could shut down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), of which the Gulf Stream is a component. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty</p>

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John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees

We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible

<p>Human-induced climate change heightened the risk of flooding during Storm Claudia earlier this month, according to a group of researchers from Maynooth University and climate scientists from Met Éireann. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA</p>

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Ireland's luck in avoiding extreme flooding to 'run out eventually'

<p>Vivienne Jeffers was close to tears as she said: 'We lost our children's baby photographs, the door frame where I marked their growing heights, the sense of safety that makes the house a home.' Picture: Neil Michael</p>

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Resident of flood-hit Cork village tells committee they 'live in fear every time it rains'

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Cop30 talks end with deal for more money for countries hit by climate change

Narwhal washed up on Donegal beach raises climate change concerns

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Narwhal washed up on Donegal beach raises climate change concerns

Teagasc opens new research and innovation centre at Johnstown Castle

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Teagasc opens new research and innovation centre at Johnstown Castle

Heatwaves will get worse the longer we fail to reach net zero targets, research says

Heatwaves will get worse the longer we fail to reach net zero targets, research says

The first week of Cop30 was marked by 'the good, the bad and the ugly', according to Action Aid Ireland chief executive Karol Balfe

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

Ireland's approach to climate action is erratic

Ireland's approach to climate action is erratic

Ireland’s climate policy has been on the wrong track for far too long. Course-correction is the only way forward

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025

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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says

It brings the total number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to the UN climate summits to 7,000 over the past five years, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

Kerry's Skellig Michael at risk of damage due to climate change, report warns

Kerry's Skellig Michael at risk of damage due to climate change, report warns

National Geographic Society report says Great Skellig island is likely to suffer damage from rising seas, more rainfall and warmer oceans, erosion and habitat damage, harming the 6th-century monastic structures, as well as bird life

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

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Ireland’s new climate justice President

Catherine Connolly won over 63% of the vote because she effectively linked many different climate justice issues to a vision of a better future and a unified Ireland, writes Jennie C Stephens, Professor of Climate Justice at the ICARUS Climate Research Centre at Maynooth University

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Ireland overshoots greenhouse gas limits by 10m tonnes

Ireland overshoots greenhouse gas limits by 10m tonnes

The excess over our current carbon budget is equivalent to 10 times the volume of emissions from a city the size of Cork

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Commissioner: Farmers’ environmental work ‘not in vain’ as derogation talks intensify

Is this likely to be Ireland’s last derogation?

The draft proposals for the sixth Nitrates Action Programme include additional slurry storage and a mandatory nutrient balance number for every farm — a measure aimed at ensuring farmers track what nutrients are entering and leaving their holdings

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

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Protesters force their way into Cop30 summit venue, clash with security

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the Cop30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection.

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

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China 'coming up with solutions for everyone', says Cop30 chief

“Somehow the reduction in enthusiasm of the global north is showing that the global south is moving,” said Cop30 president André Corrêa do Lago.

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Tractor miniature with coins on fertile soil land

Department pays nearly €147m to almost 34,000 ACRES farmers

Minister of agriculture, Martin Heydon, it reflects the Government’s commitment to supporting farm families in a range of environmental, biodiversity, water quality and climate projects

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Cop30: Irish experts fear the world won’t have the ambition to tackle climate change

Cop30: Irish experts fear the world won’t have the ambition to tackle climate change

Echoing Taoiseach Micheál Martin's warning, climate scientists say the UN conference may falter in the absence of China, the US, India, and Russia — and with the EU's 'inadequate' plans

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Cop30 is not just another climate conference — it is a crossroads

Cop30 is not just another climate conference — it is a crossroads

If Cop30 fails to produce a credible plan to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels, the window to prevent catastrophic climate disruption will effectively close

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

World at a 'decisive moment' on how it acts on climate change, Cop30 hears

World at a 'decisive moment' on how it acts on climate change, Cop30 hears

Speaking to heads of state from more than 30 nations, António Guterres called the target of limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels a 'red line' for a habitable planet

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

CORRECTION Jamaica Extreme Weather

‘Dangerous new reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says

Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Richard Collins: Is human-induced global warming opening the door to dangerous insects?

During the 1850s, soldiers returning from the Crimean War introduced plasmodium, the malaria-causing parasite, to Cork’s mosquito population. Oliver Cromwell may have died of ‘Cork fever’, contracted during his visit to Ireland

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Taoiseach to tell world leaders at Cop30 Storm Éowyn showed 'climate change is a reality'

Micheál Martin will draw on the record-breaking Storm Éowyn from early January in his speech, which brought sustained hurricane-force winds of 142km per hour.

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Geoengineering to reduce heat in one part of the world could bring droughts elsewhere, report says

The Royal Society report says using it only in the southern hemisphere could increase North Atlantic hurricane frequency and intensity

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

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COP30: Why we need to approach climate action with nature in mind

The viability of our collective future depends on us all using our power to ensure we change the trajectory we are on

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for Cop30

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for Cop30

After negotiating late into Tuesday night, climate ministers from European Union countries approved in a public vote a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Climate change putting Ireland's economic stability at risk, Central Bank warns

Climate change putting Ireland's economic stability at risk, Central Bank warns

The joint report from the Central Bank and the Climate Change Advisory Council singled out Storm Éowyn in January 2025 as 'the most expensive weather event in Irish insurance history'

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

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Climate change a bigger threat to humanity than 'science fiction' predictions on AI, UCC scientist says

Barry O’Sullivan, a professor at University College Cork’s School of Computer Science, believes it is 'foolhardy' to think AI is anywhere near being capable of always successfully completing even basic, mundane tasks

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

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No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say

Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

APTOPIX Haiti Extreme Weather

Recovery begins as islands count the dead and cost of Hurricane Melissa

The rumble of large machinery, whine of chainsaws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and assessed the damage left behind.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Irish people as much to blame as Government for failing to meet climate change targets, expert says

Irish people as much to blame as Government for failing to meet climate change targets, expert says

Citizens have not taken actions such as retrofitting, moving to electric vehicles, or changing their diets, Professor Peter Thorne says

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025