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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

‘Profound impacts’: Record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
‘Profound impacts’: Record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

Cold enough to remember
Cold enough to remember
Ireland has lived through colder climates than this, and what stands out in hindsight is not collapse, but continuity. During the Little Ice Age (from roughly the 14th century to the mid-19th century) people adapted to altered seasons and unreliable weather without knowing they were living through a climatic shift

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

Global warming increasing risk of severe weather events, Met Éireann warns
Global warming increasing risk of severe weather events, Met Éireann warns
Met Éireann says record-breaking warmth is intensifying storms, flooding and rainfall extremes as Ireland mirrors global climate trends

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Lense
Ireland’s 2025 environmental review — and a look ahead to 2026
Ireland did not experience a single defining climate disaster in 2025... climate change in Ireland now operates less as a headline-grabbing event and more as a persistent context

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action
Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action
In an era of increasingly severe storms, social enterprises are reusing, repurposing, and recycling resources in innovative ways — while also reinvesting back into their social cause

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Aerial view of the coastline of Inishbofin, Co. Galway.
Ireland has a chance to get it right on protecting our seas
Ireland has a once-in-a-generation chance to legally protect nature in our seas and along our coasts, and we need to do it properly, writes Jack O’Donovan Trá

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

'Midleton flood left my family in despair': Cork residents write to Government about their plight
'Midleton flood left my family in despair': Cork residents write to Government about their plight
Midleton, Mogeely, and Rathcormac residents prominent among those making submissions to the consultation stage of the Accelerating Infrastructure plan

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Scenic green valley and colourful rhododendron bushes in the Vee, Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland.
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

AI boom has released same amount of CO2 in 2025 as New York City has, report claims
AI boom has released same amount of CO2 in 2025 as New York City has, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Ireland needs 'significant shift away from private car use' to meet climate commitments, report says
Ireland needs 'significant shift away from private car use' to meet climate commitments, report says
Private car use was leading source of transport energy demand last year, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland report found

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Man with planet earth in hands
Only half of HSE steering group attended meetings to discuss its climate action plan
The internal audit also noted the lack of a 'comprehensive, consolidated database on the impact of extreme weather events... on Irish healthcare facilities'

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Herd of Friesian cattle
Stephen Cadogan: Ireland's derogation has bucked the trend of EU dairy decline
Perhaps the Irish nitrates situation has allowed the EU to show it too is concerned for the future of EU dairying, writes Stephen Cadogan

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

People riding bicycles in Paris, France.
Emmanuel Macron: Ten years after the Paris Agreement, let's redouble our efforts
France has made a clear choice to put ecology at the heart of all its economic, planning, energy, agricultural and industrial policies, writes President of France, Emmanuel Macron

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

SPAIN-FIRE-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT
2025 'virtually certain' to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows
Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Challenges around infrastructure are finally being tackled
Challenges around infrastructure are finally being tackled
Implementation of the list of 30 actions set out in the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce report is critical for Ireland’s ambitions to meet its climate targets, and for our future economic development

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Aldi recycling centre in Ireland.
Re-turn planning to use some of its €89.8m to build bottle-to-bottle recycling facility
Re-turn intends to use some of the funds accumulated from unclaimed deposits and producer fees to develop the new facility

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Michelle McKeown: The weather tug-of-war that shapes our winters
Michelle McKeown: The weather tug-of-war that shapes our winters
Understanding the North Atlantic Oscillation won’t stop Irish winters being chaotic, but it helps explain why they sometimes fall into familiar rhythms. And it reminds us that, while climate change is gradually reshaping global systems, natural variability still has plenty to say

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Indonesia Extreme Weather Landslides
Our money is fuelling climate change
Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world’s 65 biggest banks have committed US$7.9 trillion to the fossil fuel industry, writes Karol Balfe.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Indonesia Extreme Weather Landslides
More than 800 still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
More than 800 people remain missing after devastating floods killed over 1,100 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with Indonesia’s president urging more action to confront the changing climate.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2025

The bioeconomy surrounds us but there is enormous potential for more
The bioeconomy surrounds us but there is enormous potential for more
Batteries that use wood-pulp, plant-based trainers and corn-based forks. They're much closer than you think, and the EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy aims to supercharge the sector, writes Jessika Roswall

Fri, 28 Nov, 2025

The Greenland Ice Sheet, Facing Global Warming, Is Melting
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

Thu, 27 Nov, 2025

Autumn weather Nov 14th 2025
Ireland's luck in avoiding extreme flooding to 'run out eventually' 
Scientists say Storm Claudia’s rainfall was intensified by climate change and warn Ireland could face catastrophic flooding if future storms align with spring tides

Thu, 27 Nov, 2025

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