Apartment living was historically seen as ‘unnatural’ in Ireland. But attitudes won’t change until standards do

Phenomenon of setting out to financially help people only to leave them worse off is so commonplace in Irish economic policy that I have given it a name: the failure premium

Following Peter Appleton

His reporting was relentless and led to the publication in January 1985 of his ground-breaking book The Destruction of Dublin

Is now really the time to prioritise a scheme aimed at helping those with savings to further increase their value?

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

Council says proposal contravenes zoning objectives

Legal loopholes in climate law are being introduced in a year in which it has become painfully obvious that climate change is hitting with greater speed and severity than predicted, writes Tony Lowes

As the hosepipe ban stays in effect around the country, it is becoming increasingly clear that data centres have a transparency problem no one wants to solve.

Minister for Public Expenditure says aspects of Climate Act weaponised by those who want to stop projects

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

Lately the libertarian has even urged the nanny state to act over passengers’ early-morning drinking

2,279 properties and 570 kilometres of roads are currently at risk from coastal erosion.

Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China

Last week's publication of Ireland's latest set of Climate Change targets led to a ping-pong flurry of claim and counter claim about how we are doing. Philip Boucher-Hayes, presenter of RTE Radio's Ho...

The City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding in school zones five months after the Ontario government shut off automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras.

A protest about fuel that reveals a deeper failure of resilience

Nearly 140 people were arrested for driving under the influence during the first four days of a Garda Roads Policing Operation over Easter weekend.

Emeritus Professor John Sweeney, Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Maynooth University writes that while optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the u...

Follow developments as flooding is being reported in parts of the capital, with north Dublin particularly impacted.

By lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, delaying funding for public transport that has planning permission and opening the door to commercial LNG imports and rising fossil gas use, Minister Darra...

Mandatory helmets and high-vis for cyclists are now not being looked at by the Government, the Department of Transport has confirmed. The introduction of mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for bicycle users is "outside the scope of the current measures" being looked at by the Government, a Department of Transport spokesperson has said this afternoon. The Department issued what it terms a 'clarification' about 24 hours after it said that bicycles were included in a move to make helmets and high-vis mandatory for e-, and hours after the Tánaiste, Simon Harris, contradicted the Department's statement from yesterday.

Mandatory helmets and high-vis for cyclists are now not being looked at by the Government, the Department of Transport has confirmed. The introduction of mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PP…

Department of Education ‘suddenly very forthcoming once closure happened’

ESB has said that it may need to allow some water to “pass through” from the Poulaphouca reservoir due to its “limited” storage, placing the towns of Clane and Newbridge under direct flood threat.

Sadhbh O’ Neill says that the reduction of road deaths in Ireland is being strangled by a lack of political courage.