AI promises gains for healthcare but doctors and patients need to keep asking questions

Climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra says emission reduction targets must be taken very seriously

Climate Change Advisory Council ‘extremely concerned’ by delays in planned schemes

Climate scientists warn the impending super-strong El Niño will have ripple effects worldwide and have implications for more than just the national weather

Second conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels will take place on a Pacific island nation

Even in wetter summers, drought set to be a perennial problem

Limiting the operation of turbines to 20 to 25 years makes no sense, wind energy companies say

Transition is under way but the task lacks the timeline and tough decisions to complete the job

Artificial reef project aims to speed up recovery process after decades of damage by commercial fishing ships

Kerosene-dependent households need more creative thinking from leaders to ‘level the playing field between the on-grid and the off-grid consumer’

US firm had chosen Mayo because of electricity constraints around Dublin

After decades exploring Earth’s frozen frontiers, Eric Philips became one of the first people to see both poles from space

Sinn Féin, SocDems, Labour, Greens and PBP join 40 campaign groups in calling for Climate Action Plan

Breakaway group burns US flag before setting off firecrackers and chanting against US troops in Shannon

Dublin City Council said it hopes to begin work next year and have properties connected by 2028

Researchers say retrofit targets will not be met and there may be a role for alternative fuels

Levies and network charges on electric bills ‘deterring consumers’ from green choices such as heat pumps

Extreme weather events being treated as ‘isolated incidents’ rather than fundamental change, says Climate Change Advisory Council

Interactive online map allows public to check exposure to risks in their own area

A just transition must support people who have lost thousands of jobs and faced an energy transition, say local advocates, who are sceptical about how funding has been spent

Data-centre expansion will make it hard to source enough gas to meet demand during extreme cold events, state regulator warns

McDonald’s reporting on climate change was pioneering in Irish journalism, and he regularly reported from abroad on climate negotiations

Dublin conference hears countries and firms face mounting dangers from failure to protect natural world

‘No time to lose’ - World Meteorological Organisation mobilises with climate impacts expected well into 2027

Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report

In humanity’s pursuit of the right time, our modern technologies have achieved a level of accuracy far beyond what can be perceived in everyday life

Ireland could learn much from a nursery and research institute in the Netherlands

Analysis, public consultations and political wrangling could make delivery a lengthy process

Department of Agriculture issues order to cease work to allow investigation of felling licence

Prohibition set to expire next week, but only some areas recovering from drought

Climate change is main driver behind marine heatwaves that harm fisheries, tourism and public health

Sponsors Stripe announce improved prize fund and new mentoring scheme for winners

Such incidents ‘not uncommon’, says fire chief, despite drought and repeated warnings

The need for conservation measures on the Co Kildare plains has been recognised for 30 years

A modern conventional plant that began operating in Finland in 2024 is proposed as a potential case study

Irish healthcare workers raise the plight of their Palestinian colleagues killed and jailed since October 2023

Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating a spate of fish kills in recent weeks

As beloved as the deer are, conservation and biodiversity require us to look at the bigger picture, argues one nature advocacy officer

Some rivers had less than a third their normal flow in July and the dry spell is to continue

What to expect from next week’s partial solar eclipse, and how to watch it safely

Fiona Leahy and James O’Connor were at a hikers’ camp just 2km away from the crater of the Fuego volcano when lava began to erupt

Agriculture takes up 74 per cent of the country’s land

Volunteers in 30 countries joined the event run by student environmentalist

Minister has asked if flexibility will be allowed if firms do not fulfil carbon capture obligations

Organic ‘waste’ can create clean energy, green fertilisers, harm-free plastics and even food

‘Legacy’ measures in latest Government progress report damaging in several ways

Move would have ‘scuppered any notion that this Government takes climate action seriously’, environmentalists say

Research led by Trinity College reveals how magma moves and changes underground

Weather pattern ‘continues to intensify and ... much of the world faces above-normal temperatures’