Ireland’s hedgehogs are counting on public to help out with a prickly problem
Hedgehog Conservation Ireland has been set up to assess population numbers and take action
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national grid
Row raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricity
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
Louth river incident is one of Ireland’s worst fish kills on record
Inland Fisheries Ireland says source has been identified as agricultural discharge
EU is taking Ireland to court over failure to stop illegal peat extraction
Clear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says Brussels
Endangered salmon among victims of ‘significant’ fish kill in Co Louth
‘Definite line of inquiry’ being pursued by Inland Fisheries Ireland following incident in river Glyde near Tallanstown
Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says
Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China
Taoiseach proposes referendum to create new ministerial office for maritime issues
Micheál Martin said ‘there’s something missing where we don’t have a stronger department of the marine’
Irish Rail says rumours new Darts are too big for tunnels are false
Roll-out of new carriages is delayed, but company says this has nothing to do with their size
El Niño forecast to return this summer with risk of record heat in Ireland and globally
World Meteorological Organisation now almost certain of heat intensifying worldwide from June
Man dies after swimming across river Liffey following alleged assault
Gardaí have no cause of death yet and are appealing for witnesses
Second half of June to be warmer than usual, Met Éireann says
Weather to turn cooler from Thursday through to weekend
Environmentalists’ plea to keep bleach off the beach when cleaning slippery steps
Chemical cleaners killing shellfish around piers, harbours and sea walls, says Coastwatch
Uisce Éireann eyes golf courses for spreading sewage sludge as farmland options run out
Company has begun public consultation on ideas for disposing of the wast