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SUSTAINABILITY & BUSINESS

A collection highlighting the issue of sustainability as it relates to business and commerce.

SUSTAINABILITY & BUSINESS

A collection highlighting the issue of sustainability as it relates to business and commerce.

<p>Support for growing fruit and vegetables must come under CAP from 2027.</p>

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Ireland's food strategy needs a radical overhaul

In Ireland, one in 11 people experience food insecurity, or food poverty. But this not down to the cost of food, it's due to the cost of everything else, writes Angela Ruttledge, head of policy at FoodCloud

<p>Trainees Sean Walsh and Aaron Nolan with SEAI chief executive William Walsh and climate, energy, and environment minister Darragh O’Brien. Grant applications for home energy upgrades have surged in 2026. Picture: Julien Behal </p>

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Applications for home energy grants have surged, says SEAI

<p>Sinead Loughran (left) at the march in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a fossil-free future earlier this month.</p>

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Ireland must act on fossil fuel phase-out

Children's book highlights 'the most misunderstood tree in Ireland', bodies claim

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Children's book highlights 'the most misunderstood tree in Ireland', bodies claim

Waterford couple win Tirlán Milk Supplier of the Year award

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Waterford couple win Tirlán Milk Supplier of the Year award

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Teagasc director challenges Irish dairy to lead on water quality

Upcycling among solutions reviewed at Teagasc forum to tackle food waste

Upcycling among solutions reviewed at Teagasc forum to tackle food waste

Teagasc convenes stakeholders to advance solutions on tackling Ireland's national food waste challenge

Wed, 15 Apr, 2026

CBV delivers better results no matter the animal type, says Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

CBV delivers better results no matter the animal type, says Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

Analysis of data collected from finishing animals has found performance gaps between top-ranking and bottom-ranking CBV calves were not evident at the time of calf purchase

Wed, 25 Mar, 2026

Rule changes to allow biomethane into power grid

Rule changes to allow biomethane into power grid

It will help Ireland's small anaerobic digestion sector, currently about 30 biogas plants, to catch up with the rest of Europe, which has more than 20,000

Wed, 18 Mar, 2026

sewage from the sewer pollute a lake, river

Environmental Protection Agency reimposes order on North Cork Creameries

North Cork Co-Operative Creameries was previously ordered to stop discharging wastewater to the River Allow in November 2025

Wed, 25 Feb, 2026

Rural Landscape With Pastures In Ireland

Organic farming scheme attracts 269 more farmers

The new participants will join the latest tranche of the Organic Farming Scheme, subject to them meeting all scheme requirements

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Sustainability firm folds due to shift in climate policy

Sustainability firm folds due to shift in climate policy

Change By Degrees co-founder Tara Shine explains how its market all but vanished after the EU's omnibus measure scaled back key sustainability directives

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

Value, not sustainability, is driving the second-hand fashion boom

Value, not sustainability, is driving the second-hand fashion boom

Economic pressures and value-driven consumption are core to the second-hand surge, writes sustainability strategist Pat Kane

Mon, 26 Jan, 2026

Beef Cattle Open Range on Large Ranch

Farmers can now change their SCEP yearly reference number for 2026

Any changes made to the 2026 yearly reference number, either increases or decreases, will have an associated impact on the requirements or actions to be carried out by the farmer and on the maximum payment that the participant will be eligible to draw down later in 2026

Thu, 22 Jan, 2026

New electric car registrations show significant recovery in 2025

New electric car registrations show significant recovery in 2025

To reach the Government's climate goal of 845,000 private electric cars on the road by 2030, 650,000 electric cars will have to be registered in the next five years

Tue, 13 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

Remote working: Employers should work with staff but they cannot solve traffic jams

Remote working: Employers should work with staff but they cannot solve traffic jams

Denis O’Brien caused a stir when he hit out at remote working. While Damien McCarthy does not concur with all of Mr O'Brien's points, he welcomes a rare voice speaking up for employers

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

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Cost of energy efficiency upgrades a hurdle for many firms

42% of firms surveyed for Pinergy's report by iReach Insights say upfront cost is the biggest barrier to energy efficiency measures

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Small farms to benefit most from derogation, says senator

Small farms to benefit most from derogation, says senator

'We have three years now to look at the alternatives and at what the future is for the derogation in Ireland. Could it be the unthinkable, a future without derogation? What might that look like?'

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Dairygold announce Munster finalists for malting barley programme

Dairygold announce Munster finalists for malting barley programme

The overall winner of the 2025 Dairygold Malting Barley Competition will be announced at the Annual Tillage Conference on January 9, 2026, at the Corrin Event Centre in Fermoy, Co Cork

Tue, 30 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

Wind energy versus coal fired power plants

Data centres must get at least 80% of their energy from renewables, regulator says

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities said grid operators will have to consider where a data centre is being proposed for and if the energy demand in that area is already constrained

Fri, 12 Dec, 2025

Government must step up to stop Mercosur, says ICSA president

Government must step up to stop Mercosur, says ICSA president

ICSA president Sean McNamara said if this deal goes ahead, it will destroy the Irish beef sector and devastate rural Ireland

Tue, 18 Nov, 2025

Commissioner: Farmers’ environmental work ‘not in vain’ as derogation talks intensify

Is this likely to be Ireland’s last derogation?

The draft proposals for the sixth Nitrates Action Programme include additional slurry storage and a mandatory nutrient balance number for every farm — a measure aimed at ensuring farmers track what nutrients are entering and leaving their holdings

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Willie Walsh speaks to journalists in Paris

John Whelan: EU's €2bn plan to fix shortage of sustainable aviation fuel

Aer Lingus and Ryanair get on board as European Commission proposes €2bn sustainable fuel investment up to 2027 to support shipping and aviation fuel demands

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025

Climate change putting Ireland's economic stability at risk, Central Bank warns

Climate change putting Ireland's economic stability at risk, Central Bank warns

The joint report from the Central Bank and the Climate Change Advisory Council singled out Storm Éowyn in January 2025 as 'the most expensive weather event in Irish insurance history'

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

Skims’ Ultimate Bush Knickers: The fashion trend no one asked for

Skims’ Ultimate Bush Knickers: The fashion trend no one asked for

Let’s consider the obvious: women have been wearing underwear for centuries — briefs, boyshorts, high-cuts, thongs, you name it. The idea that we now need an undergarment featuring fake pubic hair feels like a satirical sketch from 'Saturday Night Live', not a serious offering from a billion-dollar brand, writes Pat Kane, founder of Reuzi

Thu, 16 Oct, 2025

Wexford tillage farmer becomes overall winner at this year's Environmental Sustainability Award

Wexford tillage farmer becomes overall winner at this year's Environmental Sustainability Award

Wexford tillage farmer, Don Somers wins the Teagasc- FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Wexford woman reaches final of EU innovation award for female farmers

Wexford woman reaches final of EU innovation award for female farmers

This year’s theme highlights farmers leading the transition to more sustainable water use and management

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

Tony O'Reilly jnr's dCarbonX gets green light to develop gas storage facility in Irish Sea

Tony O'Reilly jnr's dCarbonX gets green light to develop gas storage facility in Irish Sea

The energy storage company said the facility 'is also being engineered for future conversion to hydrogen storage in the future'

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Passenger airplane flying above clouds during sunset

Industry has executed a ‘corporate capture’ of UN aviation body set up to tackle climate crisis

Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025