Ending fossil fuel use with great urgency is IPCC’s core message
Soaring energy costs may prompt governments to park efforts to reduce CO2 emissions
Climate change report: ‘It’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees’
Irish climatologist says report gives countries ‘an F or E minus’ in terms of performance
Q&A: What’s different about the latest warning from climate scientists?
IPCC report indicates the world is running out of time and options on climate change
IPCC report: How prepared is Ireland for inevitable climate shocks?
World scientists will declare on Monday scale of work needed globally to live with climate change – not to stop it
Companies could soon close unless way is cleared for limited peat extraction - claim
‘If no other action happens we will have mushroom companies in Monaghan closing down in three to six months,’ says senator
Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from scheme
An estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defects
Q&A: Key questions arising from latest evidence on our overheating planet
Despite the negative report, the shape of the Earth’s future is still in our hands
Q&A: What role does climate change play in recent extreme weather events?
From blistering heatwaves to unprecedented flooding – it’s already proving to be a summer of extremes
Irish resident held without charge in Iraq
International groups of lawyers intervene in case of Australian citizen Robert Pether
GAA hopeful 40,000 will be at Croke Park for All-Ireland finals
Weekend’s pilot events include Roscommon against Galway and Munster hurling semi
Government suspends work of jury reform group due to ‘other priorities’
Group established to examine range of issues ceases work without delivering final report
Irish Times view on the abduction of Princess Latifa Al Maktoum
A particularly disgraceful and unique case
Free contraception scheme unlikely until at least 2021
Department of Health says little to be gained in rolling out programme this year
Irishman in Spain: ‘The passing of my girlfriend made me focus on health’
Working Abroad Q&A: Dubliner Robin Meredith wanted an outdoor and active type job that would still link him with Ireland, and he found it in Granada
School-age childcare – who foots the bill?
Ireland spends five times less on childcare than the UNICEF target of 1% GDP
With trust in religious institutions shattered, a need for care remains
‘Our priority has been to put the provision of adequate homes at the centre of UN policy’
Budget 2019: No surprises but opportunities missed
Positive overall given the fiscal constraints but lack of progress in key areas a concern
Shannon flood relief scheme to pay dividend this winter
Significant progress made on water levels, obstacles and ‘pinch points’, says Minister
Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’
Group says State resources could be used better helping drug-users and tackling serious drug crime
Motorists could save €100 if insurance fraud measures introduced
Insurance broker AA says Government attention has wavered and reforms stalled
Cap personal injury awards and tackle fraud, insurance report urges
Cost of Insurance Working Group criticises failure of insurance industry to tackle fraud
Doubts raised about 1,800 promised extra health staff jobs
HSE says it is too early to say how many additional staff will be recruited in 2018
‘Little change’ to doctor recruitment practices, says report
Many of 25 recommendations on improving graduate retention in the public health system have not been implemented
Government must opt into EU directive on asylum seekers
Move would solve legal issue of access to employment for those in direct provision
Fianna Fáil criticises O’Sullivan’s response to breath test issue
Working group established to oversee data quality management, commissioner says
Scaring young people about substance use won’t work
Jacky Jones: Whole school approach requires time and commitment from parents and teachers
UK motor insurance fraudsters target Ireland’s compensation payouts
Strict data-protection laws prevent insurers from sharing information and stifle detection
Change is in the air at OCI as Hickey’s power base erodes
With John Delaney and Kevin Kilty leaving, the time is right to reform Olympics body
How will State pensions be funded if people are living longer?
Most westernised countries now have a retirement age for State benefits of 67 or 68, but many still think in terms of 65
Budget 2017: Reactions range from surprise to ‘continued austerity’
‘If changes such as wealth tax were made, it could have meant extra €200m for spending’
Golden opportunity to represent the diaspora could be lost
Ten senators should be elected from different areas around the world under reform plan
Shannon floods: ‘There was raw sewage floating in our house’
Locals fear last year’s river flooding is about to make their lives miserable again
Julian Assange to be questioned inside Ecuadorean embassy
Possible breakthrough in four year impasse between Sweden and Wikileaks founder
Asylum system: Government fails to deliver on promised reform
Refugees still in limbo as landmark review of the direct provision system gathers dust
Julian Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to allow him freedom
Wikileaks founder speaks on balcony of Ecuadorian embassy with copy of the UN decision
UN panel on detention ‘rules in favour’ of Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden over allegations of sexual assault in 2010
Mother calls for reform in medical negligence cases
Karen O’Mahony, whose son has a brain injury, wants new laws on compensation
Number of asylum seekers given leave to stay up by 60%
Figures show an increase in the number of deportation orders being quashed
Oracle keeps European data within its EU-based data centres
*Company says certain cloud operations may require access from engineering resources in other regions
Breda O’Brien: Could Ireland become the fairest little country for migrants?
Images from ‘Children of Men’ are eerily similar to current television news broadcasts, down to the cages and the barbed wire
A champion in the children’s corner
The Ombudsman for 1.2 million children, Dr Niall Muldoon, talks about his pride in today’s youngsters and his fears about the ‘invisible homeless’
Up to 12 additional direct provision centres to open
Former centre in Longford, recently a guesthouse, houses asylum seekers again
Ibrahim Halawa trial: Irish Government should support call for investigation
Ireland should condemn Egypt’s flagrant disregard for international standards
Welcome to Ireland: Migrants who crossed Med face flawed direct provision system
Recommendations of the McMahon Report must now go to taskforce
Recommended improvements to asylum system will cost €135.4m
Government report predicts savings of over €195m if recommendations are implemented
Recurring payments offered as part of court reforms
Victims currently only receive lump sums, putting them at risk of running out
First Encounters: Helen Rochford Brennan and Aggie Kosikowski
‘We have laughed and cried. There’s nothing I can’t tell her about’
Working group on direct provision criticised by asylum seeker support group
Anti-Deportation Ireland accuses working group of failing to take account of views of those living in direct provision centres
New bill aims to bring Irish drinking down to OECD average
Restrictions on cheap alcohol, advertising and sport sponsorship among measures proposed
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