For decades, environmental psychology has explored why humans feel better outdoors in green spaces like forests, but attention is turning now to blue spaces, asking why water makes us feel happier
Analysis, public consultations and political wrangling could make delivery a lengthy process
Residents conduct their own testing of water off Co Clare coast where elevated bacteria levels have caused sickness
Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating a spate of fish kills in recent weeks
Some rivers had less than a third their normal flow in July and the dry spell is to continue
Inland Fisheries Ireland investigating pollution incident affecting 2km stretch of river
Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules
An Irish Times investigation shows the Russian-owned Co Limerick industrial plant is consistently polluting groundwater
Inter-agency group led by Inland Fisheries Ireland is following a definite line of inquiry after more than 7,500 fish died
Environmental Protection Agency raises concerns over public health risk
Minister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projects
Outstanding issues at North Cork Creameries must be addressed by end of next month
Longest hot spell occurred 50 years ago and was almost beaten in Co Cork this week
Social Democrat TD Aidan Farrelly asks how company can pay €18m in bonuses while being fined by regulator
Plus: Ireland has failed to meet its own emissions targets
Nature absorbs the impact of polluters because the political will isn’t there to make the consequences serious enough to stop them
Radio: The former 2FM DJ tells Miriam O’Callaghan about the most difficult conversation of her life
Inland Fisheries Ireland investigating incident over 4km-stretch of river Rye near Maynooth
Environmental Protection Agency says numbers under boil water or restriction notices is ‘worrying’
Co Limerick plant will be required to set aside nearly €31m under new agreement
As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere
Limited number of families to be given voucher for ‘comprehensive cloth nappy starter kit’
Environment watchdog defends implementation of law as TDs claim families being driven out of business
As climate change takes hold we need to prepare for the impact on roads, railways, animal welfare, our own health and wildfires
Assessment showing Ireland’s best rivers continue to deteriorate ‘must concern us all’, says EPA director
There’s been a virtual standstill on tackling greenhouse gas emissions from farming - despite progress generally across society
Clear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says Brussels
Chemical cleaners killing shellfish around piers, harbours and sea walls, says Coastwatch
‘Halfway to halfway’: Conference hears of State’s slow progress on cutting emissions and ‘stark impacts’ of warming climate
Ireland to fall well short of targeted cuts on greenhouse gas emissions as Minister says they will be reached in ‘early 2030s’
Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says
2025 figures show 59% of inspected systems were incorrectly installed, malfunctioning or poorly maintained
Council says water quality is excellent while Environmental Protection Agency says swim restrictions apply
State’s newest official bathing area was only formally designated in 2025
‘Deafening silence’ around issue ‘must be called out’, says Catherine Connolly
Social media amplifies the problem, giving a megaphone to people who are angry about everything
North Cork Co-operative Creamery pleaded guilty to one count of causing or permitting polluting materials to enter waterway
Buying new kit for growing kids is expensive. Swapping can also help cut huge textile imports as well as costs
Siting wind infrastructure on the Shannon bogs is too high a price to pay for renewable energy
Rises contrast with overall drop in emissions from manufacturing and power sectors
Improper disposal of pharmaceuticals, often through bins or flushing, leads to contamination of water and soil
Just five sites accounted for nearly two-thirds of all complaints received from the public
Thirty million vapes being dumped in bins annually, says waste industry
More than 370,000 tonnes of material sold to 21 different countries in 2025, including Israel
Friends of the Irish Environment challenging wastewater connection agreement for new motorway service station in Co Clare
How much time we spend talking about climate change measures may be key to better understanding
Minister says plan is coming, but academics say there is no justification for holdup
With food prices escalating as they are, freezing eggs for a year could even be an act of financial hedging
Ireland is not alone in failing to meet climate goals, with even big EU countries well off target
Slowing the runoff from heavy downpours into struggling Victorian drainage systems in urban areas protects property and water quality
It is now over 20 years since I led the project to give the first scenario-based projections of Ireland’s future climate. We warned Ireland’s winters would become significantly wetter
Authorities informed after resident detected ‘horrendous stench’ while walking dog in the area
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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