On any given day, there remain hundreds of patents waiting for admission to a hospital bed, placed on a trolley, chair, or other area of a hospital.

Windthrow can reduce the climate benefit of forestry by removing trees that would have kept growing and disturbing the carbon-rich soils beneath them

Seán Canney’s remarks come after four deaths at the weekend and as EU ministers gather to discuss road safety

Green-run council also curbing ads for airlines, cruises, fossil fuels and SUVs on its billboards and bus shelters

Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming - but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners, according an investigation by The Irish Times

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

More than 1,000 operations at NHS hospitals were cancelled due to heat during the UK’s record May and June heatwaves, Carbon Brief can reveal.

New Mexico petroleum body says talks centred on creating a ‘long-term supply relationship’; Ireland previously banned importation of fracked gas

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work".

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

India’s capital overcame scepticism, delays and urban sprawl to set a new standard for public transport

Decision-makers ‘don’t step foot on the Dart or Dublin Bus’, says Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman

New regulations requiring e-scooter users to wear helmets and high-visibility clothing have come into effect from today.

It is envisaged increases of more than 30% on some tickets will take effect from January, says National Transport Authority

Rising cost of State funding for public services has been a spending concern for some time

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

While helmets are seen as an obvious safety measure for some, the question of making their usage compulsory remains controversial. Our reporter Florence Okojie has been looking at the issue.

Climate change and supply chain threats to our import-dependent food system should impel us to stockpile food — just as we do with oil

The long read: Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?

Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

Every euro invested in active travel produces almost €4 in economic benefits, according to a report commissioned by the National Transport Authority.

A public meeting is to be held in Drogheda this week to discuss controversial plans to reconfigure the Dublin Road, Marsh Road and Bridge of Peace traffic layout.

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter's Gothenburg Grand Central in Sweden reuses brick and steel, combining a transit hub with offices and a green roof.

New research has found that 80% of children never cycle to school, even though over two thirds of parents said they wished their kids did.

The future of this green gateway at the western edge of Dublin city, stretching from Chapelizod to Lucan, remains in doubt

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding

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

The Dáil will be brought back two weeks earlier than planned to approve the financial resolution.

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

We have created big featureless boxes that have failed us. Our medical facilities need human-centred design

On castles, roads and the infrastructure Limerick might one day wonder why it built

The new temporary train station in Adare for the Ryder Cup shows these things can be done — so why can't this approach be taken more widely?