How a Tipperary apple farm is managing climate change
Con Traas, son of a Dutch immigrant, installed fences to protect his trees from summer hailstorms
Con Traas, son of a Dutch immigrant, installed fences to protect his trees from summer hailstorms
June 9th-14th: From Putin’s brutal treatment of Greenpeace activists to a drama about the Dutch family who hid Anne Frank
Cillian Murphy may end up kicking off a nuclear debate, pitting Ireland’s emerging Nuclear Bros against our established Windscale Warriors
Grace O’Sullivan was deckhand on Greenpeace ship which sank in attack by French secret services in 1985
Report published as latest round of negotiations for an international plastics treaty set to begin
The Irish Times asked readers about their experiences of public transport and how to improve it
Dublin was ranked the worst for public transport among 30 European capital cities. We want to know what you think
Call for Europe-wide lower price tickets to address climate and energy crises
Private flights from Ireland emitted 10.2 tonnes of CO2 per flight, the same as emitted by driving a petrol car over 40,000 km
‘All of the climate parameters are moving in totally the wrong direction’ - WMO
Beijing is battling to get the global upper hand by mining rare earths from the seabed
Sao Paulo carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry for scrappage due to environmental hazards
Almost 95% of the 51m tons of wrappers, bottles and bags in 2021 discarded by Americans ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere
Greenpeace condemns body’s decision to enter eight-year arrangement with oil giant
Campaigners fear State will grow as hub for ‘libel tourism’ in wake of UK exit from EU
Progress Indicator: UN chief says hopes of a major plan of action ‘unfulfilled but not buried’ after world’s wealthiest nations met
Group wants to ban flights where train journey under six hours is available
But Irish MEPs back European Parliament move to restrict dairy terms for non-dairy
The EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programme
A Billy is made every three seconds. But the cheap-furniture boom has an ecological price
Fake news is hard habit to kick when there’s profit to reap and algorithms propelling it
Mary Robinson wanted to reassure young people ‘they have made their voice heard’
Reducing emissions sharply will mean challenging but more manageable consequences
Straws, plastic cutlery, cotton buds among items to be banned in effort to curb pollution
Commitments made in Paris agreement will not be met unless governments introduce extra measures
Decision means GMO rules will apply where genes within one species are mixed
After years of decline, global coal consumption rose by 1 per cent last year
Decision on controversial runway plan paves way for parliamentary vote
Leaked government paper suggests public money be used to pay for retrofits
State papers 1986: Ambassador wrote that Russian authorities treated disaster as ‘violation of party rules’
Big industrial nations to meet against a background of global tension
Concerns death toll will rise after study finds more than 360,000 died in China in 2013
Golden rice could save lives in developing countries, but activists continue to resist it in the face of the evidence
30 years after world’s biggest nuclear disaster, countries worst affected hold memorials
GDP expanded 6.7% in first three months of the year to 15.9 trillion yuan (€2.18 trillion)
Plants approved because of ecomomy’s emphasis on infrastructure investments
Campaigners say COP21 agreement is the ‘floor, not the ceiling, for climate action’
COP21: Environmental campaigners planning week of action next May
China joins 135 nations in denouncing EU/US attempts to attach conditions to funding
Protesters held under laws put in place after Paris attacks ahead of climate conference
Tibet plateau will be high on climate conference agenda as it is the source of Asia’s water
Blamed for dire pollution, coal makes up two-thirds of China’s energy consumption
Plant worker was one of thousands employed to help clean up meltdown site
Naraha has been declared safe after 2011 nuclear disaster but progress is slow
Crew member expresses anger at French government for ‘brutal arrogance’ of actions
Government claims environmental group spent money to block development projects
World Heritage Committee raises concerns over long-term future of the coral reef
Car maker shows off technology at International Vienna Motor Symposium
Demonstrators face trial for a protest against Arctic offshore oil drilling
Detainees from 17 countries facing ‘absurd’ charge of piracy
Group arrested after environmental group stages protest at an offshore oil platform
British videographer one of duo who could face up to 15 years in prison
PM orders government role in clean-up as 300 tonnes of radioactive water leak daily
Fifth demonstrator dies as protests continue despite prime minister’s offer of referendum over contested development plan
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices