05 Mar The Environmental Protection Agency has called on waste companies to improve their operational standards to prevent foul odours affecting communities living near their facilities.
04 Mar A picture showing a woodpecker flying through the air in England with a weasel clinging to its back is the subject of debate and parody online.
03 Mar Road conditions in the west improved significantly during the day with a thaw on many national and secondary routes.
01 Mar The Government will not be providing any extra resources to cover the administrative cost of the controversial €100 Water Conservation Grant.
02 Mar The Residential Landlords Association has criticised Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly over his commitment to tackle rising rents.
25 Feb Residential landlords are requesting an urgent meeting with Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly to seek reassurances they will not be asked to pay water charges on behalf of tenants who fall into arrears or fail to pay.
28 Feb Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pledged to set up a relief fund for the victims of avalanches that claimed over 280 lives, and called for international help with the relief effort.
19 Feb Irish Water has set 2021 as the target date to eliminate all boil water notices in the country, and to reduce the leakage of treated water by 11%.
21 Feb More than 5,000 people demonstrated in Dublin over jail sentences handed down to water charge protesters for contempt of court and the ongoing arrests of anti-water charge protesters.
22 Feb A status orange wind warning is in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick.
18 Feb Up to 100,000 illegal gas boilers have been installed since 2009, putting thousands of lives at risk, an Oireachtas Committee has been told.
18 Feb Minister for the Environment Alan has said some of the actions by water charge protesters are outrageous and unacceptable.
13 Feb Most local authorities are losing 40% of their water supply through leaks, which is not expected to improve by the end of this year despite targets to address the problem.
05 Feb The Public Accounts Committee has been hearing details of the subvention paid to Irish Water from the Local Government Fund, with the utility receiving €439m from the fund last year.
06 Feb Dublin City Council has raised design queries about the redevelopment of Boland's Mills, the first large scale docklands plan to be made under a fast track planning process.
02 Feb Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has said tonight's deadline for householders to register with Irish Water is an administrative date and "not a line in the sand."
03 Feb The review of the first year of the National Inspection Plan for septic tanks has shown that almost half of household septic tanks fail inspection.
24 Jan Australia has ordered a ban on dumping dredge waste on most of the Great Barrier Reef, the environment minister said this morning, as part of a push to stop the UN declaring the site in danger.
01 Feb Tests have confirmed that one of Ireland's rarest birds of prey was shot dead in Co Kerry.
29 Jan Extra resources will be needed to cover the full cost of the Government's controversial €100 Water Conservation Grant, RTÉ News has learned.
20 Jan Irish Water has said that lead in the water supply could be a very expensive problem for householders.
22 Jan A draft report from the EU Commission, seen by RTÉ News, has raised significant questions about changes made by the Government to make Irish Water politically acceptable.
21 Jan Irish Water has clarified why it sent letters to some Co Wexford residents regarding householders themselves paying for pipes to be changed.
20 Jan India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, has reported a 30% jump in numbers over four years in a rare piece of good news for conservationists.
20 Jan New flood defence measures have been installed ahead of expected high tides in Galway this week.