Transport Minister Shane Ross has been accused of "attack-dog politics" over a video he posted about his new electric car.

Irish Water need to put a plan in place urgently to stop wastewater leaks into Dublin Bay, according to a Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county councillor.

A Green Party MEP does not believe building housing on reclaimed land in Dublin Bay is a viable option.

A Green MEP says older vehicles should be banned to improve air quality in Ireland.

Traders in Dublin city centre will have to pay €630 a year to use sandwich boards to promote their business.

The Green MEP was speaking after the incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made bold pledges on the issue.

Six seats next general election could see the Greens in government again, even if some party members are still bruised by their previous experience of coalition.

The man who topped the poll in the recent European Election in Dublin claims the recent increase in air-pollution in Ireland could cause people to die early.

Independent Clare Daly has pledged to “rattle the cages of those in authority” after being elected to the European Parliament in the constituency of Dublin.

Ciarán Cuffe has put his success in the European Elections down to the "young vote."

Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald has been elected to the European Parliament after the 14th count for the Dublin constituency.

Ciarán Cuffe’s was on the verge of a landmark win for the Green Party in the European elections in Dublin last night after topping the poll on the first count.

Green Party candidate Ciaran Cuffe has topped the poll in the Dublin constituency.

Green Party councillor Ciaran Cuffe is set to top the Dublin European constituency by a shock landslide after Fine Gael's Frances Fitzgerald suffered a surprise slump in the polls.

Green TDs have accused other election candidates of “hijacking” their campaign issues as the party urges voters, both young and old, to give them their number ones on Friday.

There are two sleeps left to local and European elections on Friday.

Efforts will be made to protect wildlife under the new Bus Connects plans in Dublin.

Leo Varadkar must scrap the Government’s 2040 national development plan if he is serious about climate change, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar must scrap the Government's 2040 national development plan if he is serious about climate change, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.

"A parliament or institution is only going to be sexy if it is doing things that are relevant to people's lives. Otherwise, it's not going to be particularly attractive."

Dublin City Council is to introduce a licensing system for retailers wanting to use sandwich boards on public footpaths to promote their business in a bid to control the growing number of advertising signs on city streets.

Adrian O’Sullivan’s 26-point haul didn’t just propel UCC Demons to a National Cup semi-final. It means they jump into January and 2018.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust is recommending that prisoners be allowed to make Skype calls to keep in contact with their children and families.

Fianna Fáil’s grassroots members have strongly backed a motion opposing “any attempt to diminish the constitutional rights of the unborn” despite party leader Micheál Martin calling for a free vote in any referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment.

John Cuffe recalls the day he woke up and saw Cork harbour ablaze. His new memoir of being a prison officer includes a look at the riot on Spike Island. He tells Donal O’Keeffe.

The Government is facing calls to do more to protect cyclists, as the death toll of those killed on bicycles in 2017 has already reached half of last year’s total.

Three men charged in connection with an arms seizure in Dublin have been remanded in custody.

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Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and his team have been attacked by several of their own party’s Seanad candidates over a controversial diktat as to who to vote for.

Labour look set to be left with just eight seats in Dublin city wards as voters move to Sinn Féin and Independents, according to latest tallies.

The Green Party is calling on the government to introduce automatic liability for drivers involved in accidents with child cyclists.

THE Green Party celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday with leader Eamon Ryan unveiling a new front bench and a return to politics of former parliamentary party members.

IT was, in the words of the Greens’ Ciarán Cuffe in 2007, akin to “a deal with the devil”.

Senators would be elected by a nationwide poll under Green Party plans for political reform.

IT turns out that Ciarán Cuffe was right all along.

THE Green Party’s climate change reforms look set to be fast-tracked into law ahead of the general election after publication of the long-awaited bill just two days before Christmas.

REPORTS on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Cancun, Mexico quote Green Minister Ciaran Cuffe as follows “The Cancún agreements will save the UNFCCC process... but saving the planet will still take some time — and we unfortunately do not have time on our side.”

The Minister for Climate Change Ciaran Cuffe has said legislation should be in place early next year to enforce Ireland's targets for limiting greenhouse gases.

The Minister with responsibility for Climate Change Ciaran Cuffe has said the UN climate change deal, which has been agreed in Mexico, represents a "modest" step forward.

THE newly formed Horticulture Action Group is to meet for the first time tomorrow to discuss its implementation of the Food Harvest 2020 Report.

ORGANIC farmers could significantly increase their profits with a relatively small investment in marketing and promotion, according to analysis of the suite of events surrounding the recent National Organic Week (NOW).

DEVELOPERS will be forced to finish and clean up ghost estates after a survey found more than 100,000 dwellings are lying empty, incomplete or were planned but never built.

PRODUCING food to combat world hunger and under-nutrition among children was the focus of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation forum yesterday in Rome, Italy, as part of the UN’s World Food Day initiative.