We are not election material, say school strikers
May 3rd, 2019
An Irish youth climate activism group has clarified that its
teenage members do not affiliate with or receive financial support from any
political party...
UCC environment society to cut ties with caterers over staff layoffs
March 16th, 2020
University College Cork (UCC) environmental society will cut all ties with the university’s catering provider over last week’s decision to lay off...
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire vows to deliver on climate
February 10th, 2020
The first Sinn Fein TD elected to the new Dail has vowed to deliver his party’s green promises for the people of...
Secondary school students call for mass climate protest next month
February 1st, 2019
Secondary school students across Ireland have called for a mass protest next month to demand Government action to tackle climate change and...
Court gives green light to challenge Cork plastic factory
January 21st, 2019
A local campaign group was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) decision to...
Microbeads only a Fragment of our Microplastic Pollution Problem
Microbeads, tiny pieces of plastic found by the hundreds of thousands in shower gels, face-scrubs and toothpastes, were once trumpeted as a cosmetic “must...
Dursey Island tourism plan ‘detrimental’ to nature
November 7th, 2019
Several environmental groups have criticised a €7 million project to ramp up tourist numbers on Dursey Island that they say would be...
Three dead and over 200,000 without power in aftermath of Ophelia
October 17th, 2017
Three dead and over 215,000 remain without power as Ireland deals with the aftermath of ex-hurricane Ophelia which hit the island yesterday.
The families...
Climate talks end with baby steps, not the giant leap required
December 17th, 2018
The cataclysmic impacts of climate inaction were spelled out in black and white in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report...
Poor countries bare brunt of climate impact over last 20 years
December 4th, 2018
The highest weather-related losses ever were recorded last year, with poorer countries baring the brunt of the damage, a new report has...
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