Cool Planet Experience: Step into a Climate Friendly Future

April 9th, 2018 Take a glimpse into the not-so-distant future of 2050. Electric vehicles have taken over the busy roads of the city and all...

Europol crackdown on trafficking of endangered European glass eels

April 9th, 2018 A pan-European operation backed by Europol has seized 350 kg of live glass eels and disrupted an organised crime ring involved in...

Ryanair was Europe’s worst polluting airline in 2017, says European NGO

April 6th, 2018 Ryanair has been named as Europe’s most polluting airline in 2017 by a leading European NGO following an analysis of newly released...

Minister for Housing has questions to answer over Poolbeg SDZ social housing appeal

The Green Party said today that former Minister for Housing Simon Coveney has questions to answer over the Poolbeg SDZ, following reports today that...

Indigenous economics

In this chapter of Credo, Brian Davey explores the reasons why, on a global level, the most committed environmental campaigners tend to be indigenous...

Poolbeg to Sandycove coastal cycle route should proceed as part of new flood defense...

Recent storms have shown the need to protect the Dun Laoghaire railway line Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan TD today called for the Poolbeg to...

Great Pacific Garbage Patch growing at alarming rate, new research finds

April 5th, 2018 A three-year research study has documented 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tonnes drifting across the Great Pacific Garbage Patch...

Extreme weather events more frequent and costly over past four decades

April 5th, 2018 Extreme weather events have become more frequent and more costly over the past four decades, according to a new report from Europe’s...

Ireland experiences wettest decade on record, new data reveals

April 5th, 2018 Ireland is wetter now than at any stage in the last 300 years, according to a new study led by Maynooth University. The study...

Greens call on Government to support fodder-strapped farmers

Fine Gael must revise food production strategy in wake of crisis The Green Party has called on the government to revise its food production strategy...

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