The Irish Farmer's Association (IFA) says farmers are tired of being kicked around and scapegoated when it comes to climate action.

Publican Rory Clancy, spokesman for a demonstration supported by over 2,000 people at the weekend, said the community was once again asking the department to “come and speak to us here in Oughterard”.

The developer seeking a contract to provide a centre for asylum seekers in Oughterard, Co Galway, has denied making “intimidating” comments to a delegation of residents last week.

A former Lord Mayor of Dublin and a leading environmentalist believe the introduction of a tourist tax in the city would benefit the entire country.

Four top Irish artists have been shortlisted for the Savills Arts Prize, to be presented at Vue 2017, Ireland’s national contemporary art fair.

Bord Bia’s mantra that Irish farming is at the forefront of food sustainability is poppy-cock, writes Victora White

The Government has been accused of fiddling “as the world burns” as it signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change in New York.

Ireland is in danger of becoming an international pariah because of its cynical approach to climate change, a leading member of An Taisce has warned.

The Irish Garden Plant Society Munster Branch will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, February 3 at the SMA Hall Wilton, starting at 8pm. 

Hard times can hit those turfed out of the Dáil but one former TD does not want sympathy when she’s spotted foraging for food.

While The Menu’s Teddy Bear still occasionally sends a card on the odd Christmas, it is many a long year since they have enjoyed a jorum let alone a cuddle.

IT’S good to know our national broadcaster takes nothing at face value. They don’t just swallow the testimony of the thousands of leading scientists who have contributed to the work of the International Panel on Climate Change.

We're all on the same page here. There are people who are OK and people who are not OK.

The full line up for Oxegen music festival was announced this evening.

A study has revealed that the tsunami which devastated Japan last week was at least 23 metres high.

OVERCROWDING, lack of hygiene, risk of infection and “appalling” standards of care.

DOCTORS and nurses at St John’s Hospital in Limerick have been chosen by patients as the most caring in the country, a recent survey shows.

LIMERICK’S Mid-Western Maternity Hospital was last night named and shamed as the worst place in Ireland for patients’ meals.

ST JOHN’S in Limerick has been voted Ireland’s best hospital for “quality of care” by a health website.

The British teacher jailed in Sudan for insulting Islam appealed for tolerance tonight in a conversation with her son – her first remarks since being detained for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammed.

PUBLIC hospitals deliver the same quality of service to their publicly admitted patients as they do to those patients treated “privately” once they are admitted, a new study shows.

OUR LADY of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda was described as “filthy” with “toilets often blocked for long hours”, according to an online survey of hospital cleanliness standards.

IRELAND’S cleanest acute hospital is Mallow General Hospital in Cork, according to 8,000 patients and relatives who took part in an online survey of the country’s public hospitals.

MOST people do not believe that having private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals will improve healthcare in Ireland, a new online poll shows.

A CHILDREN’S hospital due to be demolished as part of the plan to create a single new national facility for children has been voted the best acute hospital in the country.