Temperature hits 31 degrees in Co Galway; orange thunderstorm warning in place in three counties
Status yellow thunderstorm alert in force for Connacht and Donegal
Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
Is decriminalisation of drug possession on the way?
A ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to help people with addiction; and ‘climate on steroids’
Relaxation of rural housing rules will have a negative impact on climate
Government should demonstrate real leadership by bringing vacant buildings back into use
Feeling the heat of climate crisis as extreme temperatures push us towards danger
No plan to deal with heatwaves or how we will cope if weather gets even hotter
A summer heatwave topping 38 degrees could be in our future
As climate change takes hold we need to prepare for the impact on roads, railways, animal welfare, our own health and wildfires
Earth’s vital signs are flashing red and crying out for attention
The energy imbalance is as important as rising temperature in showing planet is overheating
DCU spin-out solving the costly clean-energy problem of dirty wind turbines
AeroBeam is using lasers, drones and spectroscopy to help operators recover lost power
Highest temperature in Ireland 27.9 degrees in Co Cork as Britain records hottest ever June day
Status yellow high temperature warning is in force in Ireland until Friday morning
Shannon water extraction project will be on time and on budget, Uisce Éireann says
Project will be ‘comfortably’ completed for between €4.6bn and €5.9bn, Uisce Éireann tells Oireachtas committee
Dublin Airport passenger cap would result in immediate cut of four million passengers, Minister says
Darragh O’Brien aims for Bill to be passed in Dáil by next week
Michael O’Leary’s contradictions could fill an aircraft hangar. It’s time we called them out
Lately the libertarian has even urged the nanny state to act over passengers’ early-morning drinking
Climate justice calls for a fairer, healthier, more stable future
Shift towards climate justice is essential for our collective future
Galway Ring Road facing several High Court challenges to planners’ approval
A number of residents launched lawsuits against An Coimisiún Pleanála, citing impact to homes and environmental concerns
Government plan for sustainable data centres is like ‘sustainable smoking’, TD says
Labour seeks moratorium and levy amid concerns over energy demand and electricity prices
Wild salmon are on the verge of extinction. There is not one fish to spare
What happened on the river Glyde in June is not a local incident. It is a national emergency
Author Keith Ridgway: ‘Dooneen is the most beautiful place on Earth, as far as I’m concerned’
The celebrated Irish author writes about the ‘wonky Dublin’ he has written about in Dooneen, his latest novel
After the Fall by Ian Shapiro: Thought-provoking guide to how the world got into this mess
The path that led to Donald Trump and current crises was forged decades ago by the missteps and missed opportunities of other leaders
Green motives are great, but climate agenda must also appeal to broader constituency
‘Utility-based mentality’ can get previously reluctant industries on board, says Elina Bardram
‘I couldn’t see the sea from my garden a few years ago. Now I can see it on this level’
Portrane in north Co Dublin may be the most extreme example of coastal erosion in Ireland currently
Time and Water review: An arresting documentary about Iceland’s disappearing glaciers
Sara Dosa resists catastrophising, allowing cracking ice to shoulder the film’s emotional heft
Tense scenes at Belfast protests, and Mayo village prepares for Canadian prime minister’s visit
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Government told to prepare to relocate coastal and flood-prone communities
Irish coastal communities face erosion in ‘urgent crisis’ and need relocation, report says
Climate Change Advisory Council paper says preparations for land loss to sea needed now
New AI weather model is ‘1,000 times more efficient’ at forecasts, committee hears
Separate ‘good AI’ from ‘bad AI’ in deciding data centre policy, TDs urged
We should follow Danish example of bold climate action
Newly formed government has replaced agriculture role with a minister for nature and animal welfare
Ireland’s range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there
Average build time for an EV charging point on an Irish site ‘is typically taking between two and three years’, says Tesla
Stefan Al’s spirited account of what humans have got right and wrong when making homes
Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home by Stefan Al
The Russian oligarch believed to control Aughinish Alumina; Lidl v Supervalu; Irish global warming
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists find
Sudden surge of heat ‘downright alarming’ and marks rapidly shifting norms
Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Ireland has clean energy targets but no strategy for ending oil and gas
Ireland will not hit 2030 carbon targets and could face billions in fines, says Darragh O’Brien
Ireland to fall way short of 50% carbon emissions reduction by 2030, with fines estimated between €8bn-€26bn
Darragh O’Brien on new help to buy EVs, Ireland’s missed climate targets and Fianna Fáil’s leadership
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Proposed €8,500 EV grants scheme is not policy, it’s a canny PR move
An €8,500 incentive may get motorists thinking about EVs, but it distracts from a lower grant price cap
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