Colman O'Sullivan

President Michael D Higgins said he was thinking of everyone who is far away from home this Christmas

Christmas lights turned on at Áras an Uachtaráin

President Michael D Higgins has turned on the Christmas lights at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Ireland • 10 Dec 22

The three families of those who died travelled from Scotland, Tipperary and Kilkenny to Sackville Place for the ceremony

Event marks CIE workers killed in bombings 50 years ago

Three men who were killed by car bombs 50 years ago have been remembered at a ceremony in Dublin City Centre.

Ireland • 01 Dec 22

Ministers Charlie McConalogue and Ossian Smyth with Food Cloud Co-Founder Aoibheann O'Brien

Government plans a 50% reduction in food waste by 2030

The Government has announced a road map for reducing food waste by 50% by 2030. This is one of the targets in the Climate Action Plan and is in line with a UN sustainable development goal to cut global food waste by half by 2030.

Ireland • 01 Dec 22

The study was based on a survey of 500 young people between the age of 16 and 24 (File image)

Young people willing to fly less, eat less meat - ESRI

Young people in Ireland are willing to fly less and eat less meat, but see the Government as having the responsibility to bring about change, according to new research from the Economic and Social Research Institute.

Ireland • 30 Nov 22

Internationally agreed carbon budgets are based on how much a country produces (File image)

Carbon footprint bigger when goods consumption included

Researchers have found that Ireland's carbon footprint is much bigger when emissions for goods we consume are included.

Ireland • 25 Nov 22

Battery storage could cut electricity bills by €35m

Operators of battery storage power plants say they could cut up to €35m off energy bills on the island of Ireland this winter if they were allowed to sell electricity onto the wholesale market.

Business • 16 Nov 22

The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition made their appeal at the Irish Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay

Govt urged to provide aid for famine hit countries

Climate activists have called on the Government to provide aid for countries facing famine because of climate change.

Environment • 12 Nov 22

Groups participating include Students from Trinity College, members of Extinction Rebellion and People Before Profit

'Die-in' climate protest held in Dublin

Around 80 people have started a climate protest in Dublin city centre with a 'die-in' at Trinity College Dublin.

Dublin • 11 Nov 22

The group are calling on the Government to cover past and future costs (file image)

Call for full redress scheme over defective apartments

A group of residents living in defective apartments have called on the Government to bring in a full redress scheme.

Ireland • 07 Nov 22

Advocates say adding private homes to public schemes would help meet ambitious retrofitting targets

Calls to add private homes to council retrofit scheme

The need to retrofit hundreds of thousands of homes has grown ever more urgent as the cost of living crisis joins the climate crisis as reason to do it.

Ireland • 02 Nov 22