Applications for DCU’s new climate change course set to close

April 18th, 2018 The first round of applications for Dublin City University’s new course on climate change in policy, media, and society is set to...

Greens welcome Citizens’ Assembly report on Climate Change

Report makes clear case for ambitious climate action – all that’s needed is political will The Green Party today welcomed the publication of the Citizens’...

Citizens’ Assembly report on Climate Change released this morning

April 18th, 2018 The Stop Climate Chaos coalition has called on the State to take the Citizens’ Assembly recommendations on climate change as seriously as...

EU Court of Justice rules that logging in Bialowieza Forest breaks EU law

April 18th, 2017 The European Court of Justice has ruled that increased Polish logging activities in the Białowieża forest violates EU law. Ruling yesterday, the ECJ’s...

Greens criticise River Basin Management Plan

The Green Party has criticised the River Basin Management Plan for failing to put in place the necessary policies and investment to end the...

Cursed to live in interesting times

Brian Davey connects the fall in the growth rate, with its roots in the rising costs of energy extraction and generation, to declining resilience...

Greens: Facebook spurned warnings from Irish Data Commissioner two years before Cambridge Analytica scandal

Direction in 2012 audit to protect users from data harvesting 3rd party apps but was ignored until 2014 Speaking ahead of the appearance of Facebook...

Conservation group to host event highlighting plight of endangered Curlew

April 16th, 2018 A leading peatland conservation group is set to highlight the decline of endangered Curlew breeding on Irish bogs at an event in...

Noonan: Scenes at Public Meeting not reflective of an inclusive Kilkenny

The wider community is standing in solidarity with the local Islamic Centre   Following a difficult week for community relations in Kilkenny, the Green Party has...

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