Some fuel alternatives
Bowing to pressure and abandoning oil and gas exploration will cost us dearly in terms of future energy security
Eamon Ryan
Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities
More than 100,000 homes could be created by converting old premises and promoting living over shops
Claims of fraud and blackmail at State fisheries body brings infighting into the public
Claims of fraud and blackmail surfaced at an employment dispute this week bringing infighting at Inland Fisheries Ireland into public
Does the Green Party have a future? Members say climate has slipped down political agenda
Roderic O’Gorman believes the Greens can return to government or influence it as soon as 2029
The ‘revolving door’: former government advisers and what they did next
Many high-profile political aides have taken up lucrative post-government careers elsewhere
Dáil committee has ‘significant concerns’ about fisheries agency, department told
John Brady says issues ongoing within IFI for number of years
Why Ireland should have voted in favour of Mercosur
‘I am terrified by what is happening in the States. A vote for Mercosur would be one good way of fighting back’
Why oak, ash and beech trees offered seeds of hope in 2025
It must be time for a ‘mast year’ for humanity, when we decide not to give up, but to rise again to the challenge
Fisheries agency allowed employee to present false documents to gardaí
Inland Fisheries Ireland refutes finding set out in external investigator’s report commissioned by Eamon Ryan
Jack Chambers needs to tackle the culture issues in his own department
Department of Public Expenditure seems to consider procrastination as a virtue. It is penny wise and pound foolish
Eamon Ryan: At Cop30 I ask myself, is this really working?
At the climate summit in Belém, I wondered if the whole multilateral process is worthwhile
Affordable district heating projects move closer to launch as firms bid for State funding
Industry welcomes ‘renewed sense of optimism that large-scale projects can finally get off ground’
We need a new type of green politics to rebuild a strong climate movement
Decarbonising Ireland and restoring biodiversity is going to take decades. We must be willing to experiment and sometimes fail
Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its backing of Catherine Connolly
Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction
Larry Goodman continues to eye developing Irish oil field after licence expiry
Rescue bid by now 88-year-old beef tycoon centred on possibility that explorer could move focus to green energy projects
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
Bord na Móna chief’s €50,000 ‘grossing up’ arrangement drew departmental ire
Fine Gael TD angry that ‘Joe Soaps’ would be shocked that chief executive’s benefit-in-kind bill covered by semi-State firm
Ireland’s Greenest Places winners: The five locations our judges loved
Communities large and small around the country are making all sorts of admirable efforts to live more sustainably, but the Dingle Peninsula claims top prize in the Irish Times competition
Diarmaid Ferriter on Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar: Jaunty but superficial and lazy at times
Former taoiseach provides gossip and entertaining titbits but displays detachment about matters of substance
Revealed: Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 long list
Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties
Letters to the Editor, July 23rd: On the EU response to Gaza, planning nostalgia and taxing Ireland
Unremitting suffering of Palestinians is a blot on our collective humanity
Judicial system is on the front line of the fight to avert climate catastrophe
Looming legal battles over transport and energy projects will determine which direction we take
DAA chief failed to tell Eamon Ryan about airline shares before appointment
Kenny Jacobs told minister he had ‘no conflict of interest’ when joining board of State airport company
Eamon Ryan appointed chairman of EU housing advisory board
Former Green Party leader was chosen from ‘over 200 qualified’ candidates
We can’t afford to let the climate crisis get swallowed up in the culture wars
As the ambition to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees slips away from us, we’re like a team going to the second half of a match 3-1 down. But there is one thing in our favour
Data centres and other large users of electricity to be allowed to build and operate own lines to power plants
Department of Energy proposal will depart from norm of ESB having exclusive right to own such infrastructure
Eight new Cork rail stations to go to public consultation
Proposals are part of broader transport strategy for county and will seek submissions from Wednesday
Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?
New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review
Commitment to climate action hard to find in Government
Half of electricity generated in the Dublin region is now being consumed by data centres
More than 150 staff at airport operator Daa earned over €150,000 last year, with one receiving over €450,000
Chief executive of State-owned firm is not company’s highest-paid employee
Eamon Ryan backed higher pay and bonuses to attract best CEOs to commercial State bodies
Former minister told pay-review group that fixed-term contracts also limited pool of candidates
ESB board had ‘significant concern’ that €318,000 salary was not sufficient for chief executive post
Department of Environment told top-level pay review group ESB chief executive role should be competitively remunerated
The aggressive speed and silence of cyclists is a cultural problem that needs tackling in Ireland
I have nothing against cycling, but spare me from speeding cyclists on country paths
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