Private landlords need incentives to retrofit their properties, otherwise it’s not financially worthwhile
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector
In the public mind, 2030 has wrongly become the cornerstone of climate policy, rather than the imperative of complying with two legally-required carbon budgets
It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB
Transport sector set to exceed emissions targets, including legally-binding sectoral ceilings in 2025 carbon budget.
New research highlights fundamental conflicts between Ireland’s planned industrial development and climate targets
Time to grasp opportunity in the electricity sector, says Climate Change Advisory Council chairwoman Marie Donnelly
Is Ireland’s new climate action plan the blueprint needed to transform the country within decades?
‘The sooner we become independent from fossil fuels, the better it will be for our health and the environment,’ says climate council
Climate rankings ‘disappointing’ but indications of improved national performance in 2024, says Marie Donnelly
‘My fear is the national narrative is making climate change to the 95 per cent of people who are not in agriculture somebody else’s problem,’ climatologist Peter Thorne says
Expenditure over the next seven years will be driven by electrification of heating and transport and retrofitting of homes and businesse
Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan secures amendment as way to raise climate finance for vulnerable countries and assist adoption of renewables
Cars are getting bigger and heavier, which is offsetting efficiency gains from technology improvements, says UCC academic
Wildfires in north America and southern Europe, storms of hailstones the size of tennis balls in Italy and flooding in Donegal - this summer has shown the growing risks from the climate crisis
Extreme weather events will likely become more frequent and Ireland has to be ready to handle them
Go to a garden centre and you will pay the same 13.5 per cent tax for a packet of environment-enhancing wildflower seeds as for a bag of peat compost, which strips bogs of their sequestered carbon
Varadkar says travel operators should ‘err on the side of fairness’ when compensating affected customers
Government will not meet its legally-binding targets unless ‘urgent action taken’
Cliff Taylor: Why do big infrastructure projects always take so long in Ireland?
Opposition parties, experts and campaigners say State remains well behind target
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Greenhouse gas emissions need to suffer a death by 1,000 cuts to keep legal commitments
Q&A: Carbon budgets, EPA projections and their implications explained
Regulatory obstacles may stymie State ambition on carbon budgets
Phoenix Park celebration of horticulture overshadowed by concerns around climate change, drought and costs
Climate crisis: Carbon budgets supposed to impose discipline through legally-adopted ceilings are highly unlikely to do their job
Plans to be brought to Cabinet by Minister for Environment, Eamon Ryan
Independent council raised issues in a letter to Coalition leaders and Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, on Tuesday
‘Big implementation gap’ and lack of political will are main obstacles to rapid decarbonisation
UN secretary general calls on wealthy countries to mobilise resources to keep global temperature down
Costs of carbon reduction should not be ‘shared’ equally but must be borne mainly by the rich
Observers and climate activists stress that implementation is now urgent
Emissions will continue to rise unless immediate steps are taken
Reallocating road space to be main driver for transforming transport sector rather than congestion charges — Minister
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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