Coronavirus – the science: Will Covid-19 die this summer?Edition 2: Is a lockdown in Ireland now inevitable to curb the spread of coronavirus?Sat Mar 21 2020 - 12:36
Coronavirus: The race to find a vaccine against the world’s enemyMain difficulties centre around demonstrating safety, efficacy and scaling up manufacturingFri Mar 20 2020 - 16:43
Challenges to source enough swabs as testing increases ‘will soon settle down’Priority is to carry out between 10,000 and 15,000 Covid-19 tests per day by getting a network of acute hospitals to test locallyWed Mar 18 2020 - 16:11
Extreme temperature events in Dublin up 20% in eight yearsResearchers in Ireland have produced a complete picture for Dublin by combining mathematical methods with new data analyticsTue Mar 17 2020 - 16:37
Coronavirus – the science: The search for ‘patient zero’Edition 1: Researchers assessing number of undiagnosed and how infectious these people areTue Mar 17 2020 - 13:21
Big increase in Covid-19 cases likely as testing is stepped upThe ability to process test results is also being ramped upMon Mar 16 2020 - 18:10
Irish scientists confirm chemical in some vaping devices generates toxic gasDiscovery relates to Vitamin E acetate, which is often found in illegally-made devicesSun Mar 15 2020 - 20:19
Coronavirus: New measures aim to safeguard food production, help farmersDepartment of Agriculture takes steps in areas such as payment processing, animal testing and mart controlsSat Mar 14 2020 - 12:38
Prof Katharine Hayhoe: Where to find hope that climate crisis will be addressedInfluential climate scientist sees no conflict between religion and science on climate changeThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:25
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Co Monaghan poultry flockInfectious outbreak does not kill birds in high numbers or pose a risk to human healthWed Mar 11 2020 - 22:06
Over 200 mumps cases reported in Ireland last week, HSE saysOutbreak of viral infection began in 2018 with teens and young adults hardest hitWed Mar 11 2020 - 18:12
Weather warnings issued for several counties as high winds and snow forecastCoastal flooding could occur due to combination of waves and spring tidesWed Mar 11 2020 - 18:11
Robotics pioneer awarded prestigious St Patrick’s Day Science MedalScience Foundation Ireland honours Prof Neville Hogan, regarded as ‘father of rehabilitation robotics’Wed Mar 11 2020 - 17:04
New app from NUI Galway provides real-time weather forecastsStreamAIR provides air quality indications, combined with air pollution risksWed Mar 11 2020 - 09:21
Irish Water’s operation of Leixlip treatment plant criticised by advisory bodyThe plant’s recent difficulties highlight vulnerability of Dublin’s water supplyWed Mar 11 2020 - 09:19
Global society ‘off-track’ on climate targets, UN warnsPeople and wildlife at risk from greater heat, sea level rises and extreme weatherTue Mar 10 2020 - 20:05
Applications open for community wind and solar farmsSuccessful applicants will be awarded State contracts to generate power for national gridMon Mar 09 2020 - 21:17
Global capitalist system a bigger threat than coronavirus, Naidoo saysEx-Amnesty chief says today’s problems will seem like a ‘picnic’ in future if climate change not addressedSat Mar 07 2020 - 10:42
Mary Robinson says climate crisis should have topped election agendaFormer president warns price of political inaction will be substantial fines for IrelandSat Mar 07 2020 - 01:00
Ireland ‘could supply 5% of Europe’s electricity’ with offshore windRenewable energy developer Eddie O’Connor claims demand for power will rise 250%Thu Mar 05 2020 - 21:15
Transport and heat emissions holding back progress on decarbonisingFossil fuel use in sectors a threat to Ireland’s long-term green energy goals, authority saysThu Mar 05 2020 - 07:26
Call for more engineers to tackle society’s ‘biggest challenges’State’s former envoy to UN urges profession to play part in facing climage-change trialsWed Mar 04 2020 - 16:28
Is 2020 the world’s last chance to tackle climate change?As we enter a make-or-break decade in addressing the crisis, just three of 197 countries have met an agreed deadline to strengthen climate plansSat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
Election 2020: Climate change is the dog that didn’t barkIt was Sinn Féin’s message of change rather than the Green one of climate change that emerged as the big winnerMon Feb 10 2020 - 18:56
Election 2020: Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fáil)Galway East candidate elected on the eighth countMon Feb 10 2020 - 15:25
Election 2020: Ciarán Cannon (Fine Gael)Galway East candidate elected on the eighth countMon Feb 10 2020 - 15:25
Election 2020: Seán Canney (Ind)Galway East candidate elected on the seventh countMon Feb 10 2020 - 15:25
Galway East results: All three sitting TDs returned to Dáil21-year-old Sinn Féin candidate Louis O’Hara very close to pulling off shock winSun Feb 09 2020 - 22:55
The Inchicore scientist battling to save the Great Barrier ReefIn Queensland, Prof Terry Hughes works to protect the world’s biggest coral systemSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
Green tech investments now make business sense, argues Commission headYou need to have a plan on how you are going to decarbonise your assets over time...that is the big task, says EU Commission climate change bossFri Feb 07 2020 - 14:39
Robinson says public servants must provide ‘emergency response’ to climate crisisFormer president claims delegates to the UN make ‘fine speeches’ but put forward few concrete plans to reduce emissionsThu Feb 06 2020 - 19:58
Bigger parties ‘weakest on climate action’, campaigners sayFG, FF, SF manifestos score worst; climate expert says parties ‘still don’t seem to connect the dots’Tue Feb 04 2020 - 19:35
Greens reject view that Irish voters don’t care about climate issuesEamon Ryan accuses rival parties of lack of vision and ambition on climate actionTue Feb 04 2020 - 18:35
Anger as Irish Rail removes hedgerows along Limerick Junction-Waterford lineSave Our Hedgerows campaigners are demanding that all work ceasesTue Feb 04 2020 - 01:00
Election 2020 climate policies: From the ambitious to the vagueCarbon tax, public transport and the national herd are covered by most partiesMon Feb 03 2020 - 02:02
Too young to vote but student activist group tells parties what to doFridays for Future presents list of nine climate demands to Fine Gael and Fianna FáilFri Jan 31 2020 - 20:03
Ingenious Ireland a window on a not so distant pastBreadth of the book ranges from natural history to industrialisation and to sociologyThu Jan 30 2020 - 01:00
Varadkar and Martin will not back national herd cut, IFA toldFG and FF clash with Green Party in front of farmers on range of climate change issuesTue Jan 28 2020 - 20:38
Inertia on global warming to cost State €7.6bn, say GreensBulk of expense from air pollution, congestion and subsidising fossil fuels, claims partyFri Jan 24 2020 - 18:45
Election 2020: RTÉ rejects calls for leaders’ debate on climateDedicated climate action debate is required due to scale of issue, say campaignersFri Jan 24 2020 - 12:35
Cross-section One Future group launches campaign for faster climate actionFaith, development, civil society, environmental groups set out nine demands for political partiesThu Jan 23 2020 - 11:59
Leading role played in climate research by Irish scientists recalledSecond Robert Boyle Winter School will examine critical contribution of Boyle and John TyndallThu Jan 23 2020 - 00:00
Scientist says methane from farming should be treated differently to CO2Prof John FitzGerald warns all sectors must take climate actionTue Jan 21 2020 - 21:42
Local authorities should ‘should co-operate more’ to tackle illegal wasteEPA report calls for more focus on enforcing waste segregation in households and businessesTue Jan 21 2020 - 13:51
Biodiversity is in A&E, says BirdWatch IrelandEnvironmental group urges overhaul of food policy and action to reverse declines in speciesMon Jan 20 2020 - 15:49
Mercosur deal at odds with EU carbon neutrality aim, study claimsClimate policies may be ‘undermined’ by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and UruguayMon Jan 20 2020 - 05:00
Election 2020: How much of an impact will the environment have?Climate change stands out as a key concern but will it change how people use their votes?Sun Jan 19 2020 - 18:01
Varadkar says Greens need to show how ‘extreme’ carbon cuts can be doneFine Gael promises 70% renewable electricity by 2030; €8.6bn for transportSat Jan 18 2020 - 16:33
Academic calls for election climate change debate among party leadersBarry McMullin says crisis is ‘entirely different from all other issues’ in campaignSat Jan 18 2020 - 13:46
Election 2020: Green Party pledges to extend smokey coal ban if in governmentParty would increase air monitoring and ban cars in vicinity of schoolsFri Jan 17 2020 - 20:19
