It’s not easy at first, but we can live a more sustainable life by simply forming a few new habits, writes Áilín Quinlan.

A new facility in Cork is set to take the most detailed measurements yet of air pollution, which scientists say is responsible for more than 1,500 premature deaths in Ireland every year.

Algae and duckweed could clean up fish-farm pollution and be used to feed the stock at the same time under a project being undertaken by scientists at UCC.

Ireland needs to prepare for the effects of its changing climate on its economy, warns a report from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The IDA has expressed concern over Ireland’s underdeveloped renewable energy infrastructure; saying it is becoming an issue when attempting to win additional foreign direct investment (FDI).

A Cork firm is progressing the creation and storage of synthetic DNA, writes Trish Dromey.

One in three Irish farmers do not think that farming impacts negatively on climate change.

Insurance companies should share their flood-risk data on a publicly available ‘data-sharing platform’, climate change experts have recommended.

The risk of extreme storms on the west coast has risen by 25% as a direct result of human-induced global warming, a world-renowned climate change expert has claimed.

An Irish-led international study of a key global temperature range has found increasing thermal stress on the environment and further proof of global warming over half a century.

Thousands of householders will have to abandon coastal communities as sea levels rise, with Irish scientists now working on a “managed retreat” rather than a chaotic stream of climate refugees fleeing inland.

Our vineyards could be producing vintage wines but we won’t be able to grow a spud. Sean O’Riordan talks to climate change experts about the difficulties facing future generations

Pioneers in marine renewable energy have gathered in Cork to pay tribute to Ireland’s “father of ocean energy”.

An organisation based in mid-Cork has been selected to work with an EU initiative to turn the tide on marine litter.

These are the first images of Ireland’s largest wave tanks housed inside a vast €15m marine energy research facility which will open in Cork this weekend.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is set to officially open Ireland’s largest renewable energy test and research facility in Cork next weekend as part of the country’s first national maritime festival.

Cork is seeking to capitalise on its energy resources, both conventional and renewable, through the establishment of Energy Cork.

JERRY Murphy of the Environmental Research Institute at UCC claims grasslands are under-utilised and could be used to make biofuels (April 15).

AN investigation is under way after the partial collapse of a kayak club building’s concrete roof yesterday.

THE secret to Ireland’s success in switching to renewable energy is as Green as you can get — and it’s right under our feet.

ARE you regularly stuck with the problem of how to dump grass cuttings after cutting your lawn?

FIREFIGHTERS from Cork city and county joined forces with defence forces personnel to take on a massive blaze at the Haulbowline naval base last night.

IRELAND is the seventh most oil reliant country in the world and is failing to exploit alternatives.

IRELAND could transform its environmental record in 10 years by reaping its most plentiful crop — grass.

CARBON dioxide emissions from vehicles is the biggest cause of pollution in Ireland and is the main reason we are not meeting our obligations under the Kyoto agreement.

THE perception of dullness, widely associated with the public service, is well and truly scotched by the annual awards for excellence in European architecture.