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Cold enough to remember
Cold enough to remember
Ireland has lived through colder climates than this, and what stands out in hindsight is not collapse, but continuity. During the Little Ice Age (from roughly the 14th century to the mid-19th century) people adapted to altered seasons and unreliable weather without knowing they were living through a climatic shift

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

Global warming increasing risk of severe weather events, Met Éireann warns
Global warming increasing risk of severe weather events, Met Éireann warns
Met Éireann says record-breaking warmth is intensifying storms, flooding and rainfall extremes as Ireland mirrors global climate trends

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

MTU launches Ireland’s first pilot biorefinery in Kerry
MTU launches Ireland’s first pilot biorefinery in Kerry
The facility will develop technologies that convert the country’s grasslands into a range of products, including high-quality animal feeds, human-grade protein, prebiotics, flavours and bioenergy

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Lense
Ireland’s 2025 environmental review — and a look ahead to 2026
Ireland did not experience a single defining climate disaster in 2025... climate change in Ireland now operates less as a headline-grabbing event and more as a persistent context

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action
Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action
In an era of increasingly severe storms, social enterprises are reusing, repurposing, and recycling resources in innovative ways — while also reinvesting back into their social cause

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Aerial view of the coastline of Inishbofin, Co. Galway.
Ireland has a chance to get it right on protecting our seas
Ireland has a once-in-a-generation chance to legally protect nature in our seas and along our coasts, and we need to do it properly, writes Jack O’Donovan Trá

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

'Midleton flood left my family in despair': Cork residents write to Government about their plight
'Midleton flood left my family in despair': Cork residents write to Government about their plight
Midleton, Mogeely, and Rathcormac residents prominent among those making submissions to the consultation stage of the Accelerating Infrastructure plan

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Scenic green valley and colourful rhododendron bushes in the Vee, Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland.
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

AI boom has released same amount of CO2 in 2025 as New York City has, report claims
AI boom has released same amount of CO2 in 2025 as New York City has, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Ireland needs 'significant shift away from private car use' to meet climate commitments, report says
Ireland needs 'significant shift away from private car use' to meet climate commitments, report says
Private car use was leading source of transport energy demand last year, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland report found

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Man with planet earth in hands
Only half of HSE steering group attended meetings to discuss its climate action plan
The internal audit also noted the lack of a 'comprehensive, consolidated database on the impact of extreme weather events... on Irish healthcare facilities'

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Herd of Friesian cattle
Stephen Cadogan: Ireland's derogation has bucked the trend of EU dairy decline
Perhaps the Irish nitrates situation has allowed the EU to show it too is concerned for the future of EU dairying, writes Stephen Cadogan

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

People riding bicycles in Paris, France.
Emmanuel Macron: Ten years after the Paris Agreement, let's redouble our efforts
France has made a clear choice to put ecology at the heart of all its economic, planning, energy, agricultural and industrial policies, writes President of France, Emmanuel Macron

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

SPAIN-FIRE-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT
2025 'virtually certain' to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows
Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Challenges around infrastructure are finally being tackled
Challenges around infrastructure are finally being tackled
Implementation of the list of 30 actions set out in the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce report is critical for Ireland’s ambitions to meet its climate targets, and for our future economic development

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

EU to fast-track construction of cross-border power connections
EU to fast-track construction of cross-border power connections
Energy Highways plan is intended to improve network efficiency, cut prices, and reduce the EU’s reliance on imported fossil fuels

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Aldi recycling centre in Ireland.
Re-turn planning to use some of its €89.8m to build bottle-to-bottle recycling facility
Re-turn intends to use some of the funds accumulated from unclaimed deposits and producer fees to develop the new facility

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Michelle McKeown: The weather tug-of-war that shapes our winters
Michelle McKeown: The weather tug-of-war that shapes our winters
Understanding the North Atlantic Oscillation won’t stop Irish winters being chaotic, but it helps explain why they sometimes fall into familiar rhythms. And it reminds us that, while climate change is gradually reshaping global systems, natural variability still has plenty to say

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

An aerial view of the rural landscape around Dublin Airport , Ireland, showing a patchwork of green fields divided by hedgerows
Key updates for ACRES participants revealed
The Department of Agriculture has issued several updates for ACRES participants surrounding NPIs, training courses, amendments and documentation submission deadlines

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

Wexford farmer takes home top prize at EU Innovation Award
Wexford farmer takes home top prize at EU Innovation Award
Cheryl Poole, a dairy farmer from just outside of Gorey, Co Wexford, has won the coveted Innovation Award for Women Farmers for her work protecting local water systems

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

Closeup of machine spreading fertilizer
Nitrates derogation extension for Ireland still far from a 'done deal'
A reduction in chemical nitrogen is one of the EU's conditions for proposed extension of Ireland's derogation

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Dried Black soldier fly larvae, calci worms food wildlife birds
Environmental benefits of insect protein overstated, say researchers
It may cause second thoughts in the EU Commission, which has approved several insect species for human consumption

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Indonesia Extreme Weather Landslides
Our money is fuelling climate change
Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world’s 65 biggest banks have committed US$7.9 trillion to the fossil fuel industry, writes Karol Balfe.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

Indonesia Extreme Weather Landslides
More than 800 still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
More than 800 people remain missing after devastating floods killed over 1,100 people last week in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with Indonesia’s president urging more action to confront the changing climate.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2025

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

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