Galway bog fire a threat to endangered birds, Birdwatch Ireland warns
Calls for cause of blaze near Lough Corrib to be investigated by gardaí
State’s plan for sustainable farming ‘lacks ambition’ on biodiversity
Oireachtas committee hears 6,000km of hedgerows being removed every year
Irish farmers claim CAP deal agreed in Brussels ‘potentially disastrous’
Birdwatch Ireland says provisional deal ignores science on environmental degradation
Majority of EU recovery funding to go to climate projects
Investment in Cork commuter rail among items to receive funding under recovery plan
EU plans Cap reforms with major implications for Irish farming
Farmers could face ‘significant drop in income’ due to environmentally-driven changes
High hopes cranes will breed in Ireland again after 300 years
Pair nesting in midlands bog may be key to revival of species
Alternative food strategy sets out how to cut agricultural emissions
Report by 70 environmental and climate groups puts Green Party in difficult position
Climate Bill: Implementation critical, warns environment coalition
Farmers call on Government to acknowledge sector’s efforts to improve carbon efficiency
Has the agri-food sector responded sufficiently to climate science indicators?
It makes good economic sense to act now, says leading scientist Prof John Sweeney
Environmental coalition ‘reluctantly’ withdraws from agri-food committee
Draft strategy ‘woefully inadequate’ to meet challenges, Environmental Pillar says
State is ‘biggest transgressor of environmental law’, says report
Biodiversity loss continuing due to political failures, ecologists warn
Calls on Irish MEPs to reject ‘regressive’ CAP proposals in key European Parliament vote
Reforms ‘will not address climate, biodiversity or water problems generated by Irish agriculture’
Achieving 7% emissions reduction will not happen immediately - scientist
Scale of action requires changing direction of the whole economy, says Prof Peter Thorne
Campaigners call for wildlife crime unit over biodiversity crisis
Environmental groups call for an independent National Parks and Wildlife Service
Climate crisis: What action should we expect from the next government?
As Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael near coalition, all parties face calls for further climate action
Biodiversity is in A&E, says BirdWatch Ireland
Environmental group urges overhaul of food policy and action to reverse declines in species
Europe’s green new deal leaps climate issue centre stage, Ryan says
Legally-binding plan includes commitment to work towards carbon neutrality by 2050
MetroLink plan: ‘The whole environment is going to be completely destroyed’
A couple’s garden by Dublin’s Royal Canal will lose 18m – and a lot of wildlife habitat
‘They tell me I am destroying the hedge, but I am here to maintain it’
Paraic O’Brien is disappointed by the Minister’s decision to abandon plans for August hedge-cutting
Plans to allow limited roadside hedge cutting scrapped
Proposal to permit cutting hedges in August abandoned in favour of protecting nature
No-deal Brexit a threat to nature in Ireland, committee hears
Barrister calls for prioritisation of island-wide regulation in negotiations
Legislative changes have ‘weakened protections’ for breeding birds, TDs told
One in five Irish species assessed ‘threatened with extinction’, BirdWatch official says
Report confirms acceleration of species loss and habitat deterioration
Study says 50 per cent of freshwaters are polluted, leading to decline in salmon stocks
Up to a million species are at risk of annihilation – UN report
Sixth wave of extinction dawns as planet’s life-support systems near danger zone
Energy firms plan to invest billions in Irish Sea wind projects
New wave of Irish Sea developers hope generate and sell power by 2025
State to use emergency orders for Brexit checkpoints
Brexit briefing papers show legal complications of managing a crash-out scenario
Threat to vulnerable species can be reversed, says Irish expert
Ireland broadly in line with biodiversity declines around the world
New rules on hedge-cutting and burning of gorse condemned
Environmental group says hedge-cutting in August will cause problems for nesting birds
Heritage Bill ‘signals weakening of laws protecting animals’
BirdWatch Ireland says extension of burning periods may negatively impact some species
Ireland ‘failing to protect’ globally important habitats and species
Lack of political will ‘condemning Irish nature to loss and decline’, NGOs warn
Environmental group calls Origin Green a ‘sham’
Irish Wildlife Trust says official certificate a marketing tactic and example of ‘greenwash’
Scientists warn of heightened possibility of mass extinction
Researchers predict ‘biological annihilation’ as billions of populations of animals lost in recent decades
Gorse fires ‘devastating’ for birds and other wildlife, says charity
BirdWatch Ireland calls for enforcement of existing regulations on burning in uplands
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