Environmental, social and governance

Councillors rezoned lands around Broadford and Cooraclare in anticipation of both villages getting water treatment plants which have not yet been approved

Reducing amount of meat and dairy foodstuffs we eat can minimise dietary footprint

Dr Lee Raye’s new book attempts to catalogue more than 150 now-vanished species of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

With a third of the nation’s carbon emissions coming from the built environment, the Government must lead drive for energy-efficiency and retrofitting

Claims of progress will come under increasing scrutiny, environmental lawyer warns

The Republic is the 13th worst place in the world for nature: virtually our every habitat and species category is in decline

Low-paid workers sift through masses of waste in dangerous conditions while companies do little to reduce the environmental impacts of their products - but a new law could change that

Former Undertones frontman is unimpressed by apology this week from water companies for polluting rivers

Development to create 1,200 construction jobs, 300 new positions once operational

The chief executive of the newly-named body is determined to end raw sewage discharge and bring water supplies east from the Shannon

The joy of discovering the homebred woodpeckers: ‘I heard a curious sound coming from a mature alder tree’

Japan Letter: A plan to release 1.3 million tons of contaminated wastewater into the Pacific has infuriated those who make their living from the sea

Treaty provides legal framework for establishing vast marine protected areas and share out genetic resources

Scientists in Ireland are trying to understand the language of animals who have knowledge beyond human perception