On the surface, the public finances look healthy with unemployment low and the economy purring along nicely, but the alarming truth about the Budget is buried in the detail, writes David Murphy.

Why reverence should precede restraint.

Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. This is the Gist.

Tá líne ó dhán leis an bhfile aitheanta Gaeilge ar leathanach na víosaí ar an dearadh nua de phas na hÉireann

Will climate action work? If we spend trillions on a Green Transition what are the chances we will get Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050? Philip speaks to one of the few people with right mix of skill...

Ireland is one of only three countries in the European Union that still permits hare coursing, alongside Portugal and Spain.

Nature absorbs the impact of polluters because the political will isn’t there to make the consequences serious enough to stop them

Laws exempting key projects from national climate goals should be followed by moves to curtail environmental screening, says taskforce chief