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Budget 2020: Urgency for climate & biodiversity emergency?

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‘It’s been a rollercoaster’ – the rise of the Irish school strike movement

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Irish students set to strike again over climate inaction

May 8th, 2019 Students across Ireland are planning to strike once more next month to demand stronger Government action to tackle climate change. The strike...

An Taisce calls for art competition boycott over fossil fuel funding

February 14th, 2019 An Environmental charity has called on the public to boycott the upcoming Children’s Art Competition over concerns with its sponsorship by the...

Irish floods becoming more severe due to climate impact

September 2nd, 2019 Ireland and other parts of North-Western Europe are most likely to suffer from extreme flooding episodes prompted by climate change, a new study has revealed. The study published in...

Advertising watchdog overwhelmed by complaints against new national milk campaign

November 9th, 2017 The advertising standards watchdog has been overwhelmed by complaints against the National Dairy Council’s (NDC) new campaign promoting Irish milk as a...

Interest in climate journalism on the rise

July 31st, 2019 Public interest in climate journalism is on the rise, according to a new analysis out this week.  In response to a request from the Colombia...

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