‘Good day for nature’ as controversial hedge cutting plans shelved
July 17th, 2019
Conservation and environmental groups have welcomed a “good day for nature” as the Minister for Heritage shelves a controversial change to the...
LONG READ – Humans are causing one of the worst mass extinctions in Earth...
July 21st, 2017
Humans are the root cause of the ‘biological annihilation’ of life on Earth, according to a study published recently in the journal...
A closer look at climate finance
28 April 2022
Just this week Ireland announced its latest climate finance figures for 2020 – and it clocked in at €5.3 million less than...
The Native Woodland Trust saves a rare forest in the Slieve Bloom mountains
March 1, 2017
The Native Woodland Trust has announced the addition of 21 acres of Camcor Wood, Co. Offaly to its portfolio of woodland nature...
Election poster ban in place in over 150 towns
April 24th, 2019
A voluntary ban on election posters is
now in place in over 150 towns across the country following calls for the
elimination of waste...
Repair Cafe set to debut at this weekend’s Zero Waste Festival
June 18th, 2018
The Zero Waste Festival is back in Dublin this weekend with many workshops, meetups, swap shops and this year’s debut Repair Cafe.
The...
Calls for more cycling and public transport funding as new transport data released
August 15th, 2018
The Green Party has criticised the Government of failing to connect transport and planning infrastructure following the publication of the Transport Trends 2018 Report.
The report sets out developments within...
UN outlines gap between global emissions and Paris Agreement pledges
November 2nd, 2017
Governments across the world need to urgently revise their 2020 emissions targets pledges to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a...
Extreme weather hit farm income hard in 2018, says Teagasc
May 31st, 2019
Extreme weather events had a significant impact on farm incomes last year, new research from Teagasc reveals.
The agri-research body’s latest National Farm...
Manifesto for Nature: Biodiversity on its knees as election looms
January 20th, 2020
Ireland’s natural world is in appalling shape and needs the full backing of the public to push election candidates to bring it...
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