Fine Gael ‘spin’ on show at schools climate strike
March 19th, 2019
The school strike for climate action last Friday was notable for its energy and size, but also for its unexpected guests –...
Epic Museum wants your Paddy’s Day plastic waste
March 19th, 2019
An Irish museum has called on the public to exchange their leftover plastic items from the St Patrick’s Day celebrations for free...
‘Last generation not to feel dread of climate chaos’
March 16th, 2019
When
you grow up in a city like New York, there’s a sense of novelty around nature.
The
sidewalks that sprawl from the epicenter...
Over 10,000 students protest climate inaction in Dublin
March 15th, 2019
An
estimated 10,000 students from across the country gathered before the gates of
the Dáil today urging the government to adopt immediate and effective...
Cork students demand rapid, far reaching climate action
March 15th, 2019
More than a thousand students took to the streets of Cork City today to demand a more radical change to climate change...
Seasoned Irish climate campaigners ‘spurred on’ by climate strikes
March 15th, 2019
Today, over 1,750 climate strikes will take place in some 110-odd countries – Ireland included – inspired by actions of one 16-year-old...
Seedsavers aim to bring diversity back to our soil
March 14th, 2019
All
next week small-scale seed producers across Ireland and the UK will be
celebrating Seed Week to raise
awareness of the benefits of buying locally...
Greens question Left’s opposition to carbon tax hike
March 14th, 2019
The Green Party has questioned the opposition of Sinn Fein and People Before Profit to the proposed carbon tax plan in a...
No deal Brexit ‘devastating’ for the Irish environment
March 14th, 2019
The prospect
of the UK leaving the EU in a no-deal scenario poses a significant risk to the
environment on the island of Ireland....
Climate Strike: ‘The Emperor has no clothes’ and the kids know it
March 14th, 2019
Standing in front of Cork’s City Hall on an overcast morning
last Friday – as she has done every week for several months...
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