George Lee

Environment Correspondent

Analysis of data over Co Cork fish kill requested

Inland Fisheries Ireland has been asked to bring together the EPA, Cork County Council, Uisce Éireann and other relevant agencies to analyse whatever data is available to get to the bottom of what caused the fish kill on Blackwater River at Mallow ten days ago.

Environment • 22 Aug

Uisce Éireann urges customers to sign up for text alerts

Uisce Éireann has issued a call for its customers to sign up for free text alerts and stay informed as an unprecedented €10 billion programme of water infrastructure upgrades continues nationwide.

Ireland • 21 Aug

a number of solar panel on gravel ground beside a road in front of a cloudy sky

Launch of first large-scale solar power joint project

Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O'Brien has officially launched the first large-scale solar power project developed as a joint venture between ESB and BnM, formerly known as Bord na Móna.

Climate Change • 20 Aug

A view of dead fish following a fish kill incident

Fish kill could be over 46,000, say Cork fishing parties

Fishing interests on the River Blackwater in Co Cork claim last week's fish kill could be in excess of 46,000 fish and have called it an "ecological disaster".

Munster • 20 Aug

Row over 'temperature neutrality' vs 'climate neutrality'

A big academic row has broken out among Ireland's climate scientists over the commitment to a "climate neutral economy" in the country's national climate objective, writes George Lee.

Analysis and Comment • 16 Aug

Ireland in need of wind and solar farms as coal era ends

Ireland needs more of both wind and solar farms and it needs them faster, especially now that the post-coal era here has well and truly begun.

Analysis and Comment • 10 Aug

Four windmills blowing in the wind in Galway following Storm Eowyn in February 2025

Storm Floris predicted to be exceptionally strong

Ahead of the arrival of the unseasonable Storm Floris, Environment Correspondent George Lee examines the occurrence and impacts of such weather events in the summer period.

Ireland • 02 Aug

Appeal to conserve water during greater Dublin repairs

Uisce Éireann has issued a final appeal to people in the Greater Dublin Area, including parts of Co Wicklow and Co Kildare, to only use water for essential needs over the Bank Holiday weekend as it undertakes its largest ever planned repair job.

Dublin • 01 Aug

Repairs to see parts of greater Dublin area without water

A major drinking water pipeline in the greater Dublin area is to be turned off over the coming August Bank Holiday weekend to enable critical and complex repair works to be undertaken.

Leinster • 28 Jul

A kite flying above a Mayo site generating renewable electricity

Game changer: Mayo project uses kites to generate power

A project in Co Mayo is generating renewable electricity through the flying of kites, which its operator has described as a potential "game changer" in the wind energy sector.

Climate Change • 14 Jul