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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

Resident of flood-hit Cork village tells committee they 'live in fear every time it rains'
Resident of flood-hit Cork village tells committee they 'live in fear every time it rains'
Vivienne Jeffers from Mogeely also called on councils and developers to 'stop building on flood plains'

Tue, 25 Nov, 2025

Climate COP30
Cop30 talks end with deal for more money for countries hit by climate change
But the agreement does not include an explicit, detailed map to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen inadequate emissions cutting plans

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025

Narwhal washed up on Donegal beach raises climate change concerns
Narwhal washed up on Donegal beach raises climate change concerns
Arctic whale’s discovery on a Donegal beach has triggered a major scientific examination and renewed warnings about climate impacts

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Teagasc opens new research and innovation centre at Johnstown Castle
Teagasc opens new research and innovation centre at Johnstown Castle
The new laboratories at NASRIC will further support research in water quality, soil health, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon farming, nutrient efficiency and farmland biodiversity

Tue, 18 Nov, 2025

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

Climate COP30
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

Presidential inauguration - Dublin
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

Climate COP30
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

BRAZIL-US-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-CORREA DO LAGO
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

António Guterres
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

Mosquito - Culiseta annulata
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

Winter weather Jan 26th 2025
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

CHAD-UNREST-CONFLICT-AID
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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