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Fashion student Oscar Canavan Doyle has been creating his own sustainable textiles

Watch: Fashion student makes leather from fish bio-waste

A fashion student committed to sustainable design has been creating their own leather out of fish bio-waste.

Dublin • 24 Jun 25

Change Clothes in Dublin city centre has a permanent swap shop on-site

Watch: Swapping fast fashion for sustainable alternatives

A social enterprise in Dublin city centre is providing a way for people to update their wardrobes in a cost-effective and sustainable way - swapping with others instead of turning to fast fashion.

Fast fashion • 15 Jun 25

What is it about fast fashion shopping that has people hooked?

Watch: The psychology behind fast fashion shopping

Why are so many of us addicted to fast fashion shopping, even though we know it's bad for the environment and for fast fashion factory workers?

Fast fashion • 14 Jun 25

Helen Lawlor, a nurse from Mountmellick, is one of around 50 people from Ireland who are taking part in the Global March to Gaza

'We can't stand it anymore,' Laois mother on Gaza march

A mother-of-four from Co Laois is flying to Egypt to join people from over 60 countries with the goal of marching to the Rafah crossing in Gaza.

Leinster • 12 Jun 25

Heavy boxes filled with exam papers are ready to go for tomorrow

Watch: Last minute advice as exam paper boxes arrive

Boxes of exam papers are arriving at secondary schools around the country ahead of the Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle exams.

Leaving Cert • 03 Jun 25

Katelyn Cummins hopes to inspire other women to consider apprenticeships

Laois Rose hopes to inspire women to become apprentices

As pupils prepare to start their Leaving Cert in just a few days, we are hearing from young people who took alternative paths to the CAO.

Leaving Cert • 01 Jun 25

Liam Nugent wants Leaving Cert students to know there are many paths to get where you want to be

No LC, but student sets sights on heart surgeon career

With the Leaving Cert beginning in just a few days, we are hearing from some of the young people who took alternative paths to the CAO points race.

Leaving Cert • 31 May 25

Nine of the ten Al-Najjar children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday

'My heart is displaced' - Sligo doctor after Gaza deaths

A doctor living in Sligo whose nine nieces and nephews were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza last Friday has said his "heart has been displaced".

Connacht • 29 May 25

We asked a group of experts for their top exam tips

Watch: Exam time tips for sleep, nutrition and more

On Wednesday 4 June, thousands of secondary school pupils will begin their Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams.

Exam Tips • 27 May 25

Lambay Island is just three miles off the coast of Dublin but is completely off-grid

Watch: Off-grid micro-distillery opens on Lambay Island

An off-grid micro-distillery has opened on Lambay Island, three miles off the coast of Dublin.

Dublin • 16 May 25