HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor also acknowledged 'the reality of hospital overcrowding' to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation conference today

Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from the technology by a factor of more than 100. According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years. Continue reading...

Responsibility for the time-sensitive targets at the heart of national policy is carried by agricultural contractors who are struggling to make repayments on loans for the necessary heavy machinery, a...

Households in Ireland are paying almost twice as much for their electricity as data centres.

Justice secretary criticised for refusing to meet lawyers who say health of their jailed clients is ‘rapidly deteriorating’

Micheál Martin addresses world leaders ahead of Cop30 in Brazil, speaking of impact Storm Éowyn left on State

New poll shows public want energy prioritised for housing and essential services, not data centres  People see data centre growth as threat to Ireland’s energy and water supplies, and …

Campaigners had ‘no access for discussion’ on ‘damaging’ Bill extending hedgerow-cutting season

We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.

We speak with the secretary general of Amnesty International about the human rights group’s new report on the “global political economy enabling Israel’s genocide, occupation and apartheid” against Pa...

Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir

The Irish farm and food lobby enjoys an incredible, anti-democratic influence, that has had a disastrous and escalating impact on our countryside, our waterways, and our mountains

BDP launches legal action over Kingspan insulation guidance

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war

Israeli PM says people will be moved for their ‘own protection’ but does not give details about how much territory will be seized

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Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.