A small aircraft will traverse the sky over eastern Waterford, parts of southern Tipperary and Kilkenny, and western Wexford, collecting geological information over the coming month.

Every part of the country has the potential to harness geothermal energy and the technology could play a key role in Ireland hitting its renewable energy targets.

Ireland is recalculating its claim to potentially oil and gas-rich Atlantic waters — right down to the very last centimetre.

Water chiefs are facing calls to tap into a massive hidden network of underground rivers off the west coast in a bid to solve worsening droughts on the Aran Islands.

Two Irish scientists have been dispatched to Iceland to analyse the Bardarbunga volcano after an eruption sparked a red alert aviation warning.

Sinkholes have been appearing in Ireland and the UK with increasing regularity in recent months. What’s causing them, asks John Hearne

WHEN you think of earthquakes and all things seismological, Ireland is probably not the first place that comes up on your Richter Scale.

Sunken ships in our waters are heritage sites. The work of preserving their artifacts is chronicled in a new pictorial guide by the geological survey, says Noel Baker

Walkers have been advised to stay away from unsafe ledges and areas where land slippage has occurred on Mt Brandon in Co Kerry.

Tremors were felt in parts of parts south Sligo and Mayo this morning after a magnitude 4 earthquake hit off the west coast.

THE Queen of England herself got a glimpse of it and seemed genuinely impressed.

The whereabouts of a Guinness merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Dublin almost a century ago have been identified.

A BURREN expert said yesterday he hopes securing a UNESCO-supported Global Geopark network designation for the unique landscape will lead to better protection of the area.

RAVINES and canyons that plunge two kilometres in depth, colourful flora and corals – just some of the features of Ireland’s seabed, as shown in a new atlas showing the Ireland beneath the ocean.

TAKE a look at the “new” map of Ireland, the image which shows we own quite a bit more of the sea floor than previously thought.

THE third wet summer in succession – rainfall for July alone was more than three times above normal in parts of Munster and Leinster – again sparks fears of landslides.

THERE are arguments, sometimes heated arguments, over the claim to be the second-largest river in Ireland.

AS residents of the Ballyhoura district in north Cork, my wife and I may be adversely affected by the proposed €1 billion super-highway — the M20 — between Cork and Limerick.

Donal Hickey on a threat we need to take seriously.

EVERY school in Ireland is to become a school of rock to teach children how to tell their schist from their mudstone.

Ireland’s role in the United Nations International Year of the Planet will be launched today.

The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, announced today that consultants CDM have been appointed to carry out a major study for the management and remediation of the Avoca mining area.

EXPERTS yesterday called for more funding to identify areas most at risk from landslides.

Mayo residents affected by a landslide almost three years ago say they are hopeful preventative measures will stop such damage again.

The Geological Survey of Ireland has warned that Ireland will experience more landslide activity in the coming years due to factors like climate change and increased development.

The Geological Survey of Ireland has predicted that Ireland will experience increased landslide activity in the coming years due to a range of factors.

Donal Hickey says research flights could help find minerals and protect our health.

The Geological Survey of Ireland is reportedly examining the possibility of putting a tsunami warning system in place around the Irish coast.

Up to two-thirds of Ireland’s underground water is at risk of pollution, it was claimed today.

A website which features the diversity and beauty of European landscapes was launched today to mark the accession to the European Union of the new member states on May 1.

Ireland’s coral reefs are to be classed as a national treasure.

Ireland's island-strewn Clew Bay has been re-mapped - after 106 years.

An ambitious survey of the Irish sea bed - an area 10 times the country’s land area - is already yielding acres of information for students of the world’s oceans.