Irish academics Seán Fearon, Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie argue that the north must learn lessons from the south, where data centres now consume almost a quarter of the state’s electricity

The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.

This week’s targets include poor children, imaginary lazy people and, of course, immigrants.

One in 10 children are deprived of basic necessities as Ireland sees a sharp rise in child poverty despite a strong growth in average incomes, research suggests.

Noise issues in Clondalkin are a cautionary tale – but it’s not too late for Kildare, town meeting hears

Noise issues in Clondalkin are a cautionary tale – but it’s not too late for Kildare, town meeting hears

Commissioned by Beyond Fossil Fuels and Friends of the Earth Ireland, a new report by CUSP research fellow Seán Fearon models how the constant, inflexible, ...

Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests Energy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report. Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office. The equivalent figure in the US and UK is 6%. Continue reading...

Ireland’s current approach to data centres is increasingly a cost-of-living issue

Public records and private papers reveal compassion and tacit acceptance before ‘moral panic’ took hold in the 1950s and 1960s

Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman said the Green tide was rising again, pointing to the recent by-election win for Hannah Spencer in the Manchester constituency of Gordon and Denton which he said me...

Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says