Minister Dara Calleary has announced more than €3m in funding for Coillte recreational sites in 2026, including over €100,000 for Beleek Woods in his home county of Mayo.

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

Climate change and extractive industries have decimated Ireland’s peat bogs. Archaeologists, environmentalists, and energy developers are clashing over the best way to steward these ecosystems and the...