David McCullagh needs a more varied diet of issues to sink his current affairs teeth into – The Irish Times
Apple, ham, water: it reads like the breakfast menu at a Scandinavian health farm, but it is in…
Aughinish Alumina will have to pay up front for costs of closing down Limerick plant under new deal – The Irish Times
Aughinish Alumina will be forced to pay up front for the costs of closing down the Co Limerick…
Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp – The Irish Times
The evening before the summer solstice was, for hungry swifts, perfection. Warm, dry and calm conditions meant one…
Water quality in Irish rivers and lakes remains ‘unsatisfactory’ – The Irish Times
Ireland is unlikely to see any meaningful improvements in the water quality of its rivers, lakes or coastal…
Ireland’s climate targets out of reach as Minister points to ‘early 2030s’ timeline – The Irish Times
Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien has said while Ireland will not meet targets for cuts in greenhouse gas…
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to fall by just half of the amount pledged – The Irish Times
Ireland will achieve at best just half of the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions it is committed to…
‘Worrying’ failure rate in septic tanks poses risk to public health, EPA says – The Irish Times
As many as 290,000 family septic tanks are feared faulty and a health risk to households and their…
Ireland’s newest official bathing area off limits to swimmers this summer over water pollution – The Irish Times
The country’s newest official bathing area, Dún Laoghaire Baths, has failed a pollution test and will be out…
Major dairy processor fined for illegal effluent discharge into Blackwater river tributary – The Irish Times
A major dairy processor in Co Cork has been fined €8,000 and ordered to pay more than €3,000…
Ireland has no known legal commercial peat extraction. Yet it exported €40m worth last year – The Irish Times
Ireland exported almost €40 million worth of peat last year despite there being no known legal commercial peat…
Supermac’s owner fails in bid to block legal costs protection for environmental group – The Irish Times
Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh has failed in an attempt to block an environmental advocacy group from obtaining legal…
Eggs, milk, rice and potatoes – The Irish Times
Planning to make pancakes this week? Shrove Tuesday marks the start of Lent, which was traditionally a time…