Loss and Damage: the defining issue of COP27
You may recall the plea ‘to keep 1.5 alive’ from last years COP26. This 1.5 goal refers to the target of keeping the earth’s...
EU Commission closes sensitive areas to bottom fishing, including nearly 9,000 km2 in Irish...
Following advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the EU Commission has finally closed 87 sensitive marine areas in...
What’s to be won at Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss?
In May earlier this year, within the walls of Dublin Castle, a very special meeting took place. Chaired by Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, 99...
18 Fold Increase In Marine Protected Areas Needed
18 FOLD INCREASE IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS NEEDED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS
Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas must increase 18-fold by the end...
Opposition to mining in County Clare grows as prospecting license granted
6 July 2022
Over recent months, local opposition has been building against possible mineral prospecting in east Clare.
Resistance in East Clare
Opposition was largely spurred on...
Opposition to mining in Clare grows as licensing looms
6 July 2022
Over recent months, local opposition has been building against possible mineral prospecting in east Clare.
Resistance in East Clare
Opposition was largely spurred on...
Culture Column: The Saga of the Swamp Thing
6 July 2022
Comic book characters are at the height of popularity right now. The characters created by DC and Marvel in particular have been...
So long from our editor, Kayle Crosson
24 June 2022
As some of you may have seen on Twitter this week, today is my last official day as editor of The...
Culture column: Snowpiercer
31 May 2022
A story set in a dystopian, post-apocalypse world tends to be a creative way to comment on the failures and fears of...
Biodiversity spotlight: grey and common seals
26 May 2022
There’s been no shortage of big storms landing in Ireland over the past few years. There’s been Ophelia, Emma and Ciara –...