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Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: O’Leary cuts the legs from under teachers; Independents move up the polls
Cop29 report indicates carbon emissions from fossil fuels set to reach record high in 2024
World likely to overshoot the critical 1.5-degree target in the Paris Agreement in less than 10 years, according to climate scientists
Ireland not acting aggressively enough to hit climate targets – UCC study
Report warns not cutting emissions risks greater long-term costs, stranded assets, and dependence on unproven carbon removal technologies after 2030
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Political insulation from the cost-of-living crisis has been paid for by bumper corporation tax receipts – and now those receipts are under threat
Election 2024: Will parties stand firm on the climate law?
Political parties must indicate how they will uphold and strengthen our carbon budgets
Ireland can play pivotal role in ensuring global food security while meeting challenge of an overheating planet
If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities
Açai bowl trend set to spread as Oakberry Ireland plans 10 new outlets
Seen & Heard: Government offshore wind tenders, Grafton Group’s buying plans, Devitt’s pub acquisition and energy costs trigger for insolvencies
Ireland’s Covid ‘evaluation’ will avoid UK’s ‘gotcha’ moments - but critics say it looks tokenistic
Government officials believe it is entirely unfair to compare Ireland’s handling of the pandemic to that of the UK
‘Nobody represents me’: At Galway book club, general election voters pessimistic about next chapter of government
Election issues discussed include Green Party being ‘too city based’, Government paying ‘lip service’ to Gaza conflict, housing and homelessness
Malcolm Noonan tells Cop16 Ireland making progress in ending biodiversity loss
Finance to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems remains main block to progress at global gathering
Is a Ryanair-style model the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Simon Harris has identified the right problem, but a department of infrastructure is the wrong solution
Big foreign investors are putting projects on hold because they are losing faith in Ireland’s ability to deliver. We need to do something - but what?
A week of clearing the decks at breathtaking speed in readiness for an election
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up
Coolock factory will not be developed for asylum-seeker accommodation until gardaí are satisfied the site is safe, court told
Site was scene of violence and unrest over plans to develop it into accommodation
Decisions on pay rates for semi-State chiefs needed from next government
Government pay policy for senior management viewed as too restrictive by boards of commercial State bodies
Ireland risks ‘compliance costs’ of €8bn for exceeding carbon budget
Climate Council warns Government to stop subsidising fossil fuel usage and scale up supports for people to avail of low-carbon technologies
Agent Cobalt slips off the radar as the truth comes dropping slow from Sinn Féin
Taoiseach and his wife celebrate his birthday by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and hungry leader on the brink of his first general election
General election in late November or early December looking increasingly likely
Taoiseach to engage with Coalition leaders next week to consider dates for dissolution of Dáil and holding of election
Sinn Féin suffers another terrible week as election speculation hits fever pitch
From a possible pre-Christmas election to Sinn Féin's avalanche of scandals: your essential end-of-week politics catch-up
Minister confirms Philip Nolan no longer ‘chief executive designate’ of new science body Research Ireland
Five senior Science Foundation Ireland staff made protected disclosures last December involving claims against Prof Nolan
‘Hospitality demand is there, but there is no margin anymore’
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
New Garda deputy commissioner to be appointed
Minister for Justice to ask Cabinet to approve appointment of new deputy commissioner for ‘policing and security’ following open competition
We didn’t have the Incredible Hulk taking on the Green Party on our bingo cards this week
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Payment dates for much-heralded double pension and child benefit announced
Co-ordinated action on biodiversity loss can help reduce risk of ‘ecosystem collapse’, climate council says
Greater focus needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change
Why are environment activists so divided on the issue of liquefied natural gas?
LNG is a hot issue within the environment movement, while most governments insist it is essential to national energy security
Ukraine arrivals from next March would not be offered accommodation under new plan
Additional options include introduction of ‘maximum stay’ rule focused on exiting Ukrainians who have been in State accommodation for the longest time first
Geneticist Aoife McLysaght due to be appointed Government science adviser by Cabinet
New national science forum to enhance ability to respond to challenges such as climate change and pandemic threats
Ireland’s anti-migrant rage lands on a hedge fund trader’s doorstep
A senior portfolio manager at Garda Capital Partners in Switzerland, Peter McGarry’s Townbe Unlimited has raised the ire of anti-immigration protesters for providing housing for asylum seekers
Consternation in the corridors of power as all on high election alert
Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre
Coalition minds focus on election dates - just not when the All Blacks are in town
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up as Greens go to the wall over budget baby boost
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