A radio station has dropped Ed Sheeran’s music after “the reaction from our listeners” to the decision to remove Macklemore from his tour over…

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power

The ICCL said in the letter that the right to freedom of expression is provided for in the Irish Constitution, as well as the European Convention of Human Rights.

Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children

Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference

SECURITY services and Dublin City Council have expressed their 'profound worry' at the news that the group behind fuel protests earlier in the year that brought much of the country to a standstill are likely …

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) reported that over 9,945 patients were admitted without beds throughout the month.

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True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent. Excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to the provisional national figures, and experts say the toll will rise significantly once August totals are consolidated. Continue reading...

Two part documentary series that tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, a leading climate activist at the forefront of saving native Irish oak forests. Watch An Irish Atlantic Rainforest S01E01 on RTÉ Play...

The US trillionaire fans the flames of far-right hatred by amplifying racial antagonisms and myths of white dispossession

Why your dog is weird, according to science. Read an extract from Russell Jones’s funny illustrated popular-science book about dogs.

Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans

Ireland’s new gambling regulator isn’t subject to the full FOI Act, but why?

Scientists are getting closer to a universal nasal vaccine that could protect against respiratory viruses, bacteria and even allergies

Months before America declared its independence, the Founding Fathers planned two slave massacres that pushed the wealthiest slaveholding states closer to the patriot cause.

The American War of Independence was particularly atrocity-prone because it had a unique combination of features

Donald Trump secured a massive loan from Charles Schwab Bank last year, leaving his debt profile murkier than it has been in ages.

The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth

A pool manager invoked safety to bar non-German speakers during the heatwave. With the far right soaring, the move is making everyone less safe, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution The proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found. In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by the London School of Economics (LSE) found a growing number of cases challenging the energy sources, water consumption and air pollution of datacentres, all of which have related climate implications. Continue reading...

Connection between greenhouse emmissions and extreme heat in UK 'indisputable'.

ESB has been asked to 'accelerate' new regs and standards for 'balcony solar'