RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates
Letter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations
Biodiversity
‘This was twice their size’: How Ireland’s war on Asian hornets started in a beer garden
Public responded well to Asian hornet alert but tougher regulations and better education needed
Building nature into construction is the new challenge for developers
Projects aim to show how ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity can become the norm in the built environment
Old Irish goats should be carefully managed to avoid over-grazing
Without a culling programme, it is only a matter of time before the population gets out of hand
Green roofs and permeable paving: how to solve both the human and nature housing crises
New housing developments can provide more benefits to society than the bare minimum of having a roof over your head if done correctly
We need a new type of green politics to rebuild a strong climate movement
Decarbonising Ireland and restoring biodiversity is going to take decades. We must be willing to experiment and sometimes fail
It’s proving to be a bumper autumn for nuts. But why?
The process by which trees co-ordinate their efforts across hundreds of miles on what are known as ‘mast years’ is quite an enigma
Agency in North seeks Asian hornet advice from Waterford centre
Further sightings of Asian hornets in Belfast suggests nest, environment agency says
New buildings must present ‘no net loss’ to nature, says Climate Change Council
Advisers want conditions added to planning laws to conserve and enhance biodiversity
Rare ocean sunfish found washed up off Donegal coast
Although native to tropical and temperate waters, they are now found occasionally in Irish waters due to temperature changes
Ireland needs BOFFFFs (big old fat fecund female fish)
The fishing industry is killing these big ladies before they’re able to do the thing they do best: endlessly reproduce
You can’t choose the times you live in. And sadly we live in an age of extinction
I wonder who the last person in Ireland was to hear a wolf howl. Did they realise the magnitude of what they were hearing?
Jane Goodall modelled the behaviour we will need in a future world
She modelled the behaviours needed to cope with climate breakdown and ecological crisis
There’s nothing inevitable about extinction. It’s possible to reverse our way out
Success stories including the leaf-toed gecko in the Galápagos, the wood white butterfuly in Wales and the corncrake in Ireland give hope
Dingle peninsula receives award for being Ireland’s ‘greenest place’
Skerries, Inagh, Dún Laoghaire and Co Westmeath river restoration project also honoured at ceremony in Dublin
Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds
European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm
Éanna Ní Lamhna: ‘When I went to UCD there were no points. You could study what you liked’
Environmentalist and media personality was inspired by an older girl at school to pursue science, despite it not being an option at second level
As the seasons change nature becomes unpredictable
Seasonality affects how populations of plants and animals grow, reproduce and survive
Why the exotic glossy ibis is ditching the Mediterranean for Louth
Global heating is increasing the rate of new visitors to Ireland generally, and there is every chance they will become established here
‘We took out 450 fish in an hour’: Blackwater pollution highlights decade of poor environmental compliance
Finger of blame for failures pointed at EPA, which licenses dischargers including North Cork Creameries and Munster Joinery
Mink eradication scheme being piloted in Midlands in first step towards eliminating invasive species
Volunteers to be professionally trained in trapping mink and ‘humane dispatch’
Colonialism still a puppet master of today’s extinction crisis
Decolonising entrenched patterns of power and thinking needed as part of response to environmental nightmare
Irish Government to ratify landmark UN high seas treaty
Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s first peatland strategy launched in ‘turning point’ for peatland conservation
Surge in Irish corncrake numbers and in breeding territories, survey shows
Farming community key to success in recovery of bird threatened with local extinction
Ireland’s Greenest Places winners set to be announced
Competition found numerous examples of environmental enhancement in urban and rural locations
Marine protection delays makes ocean restoration more uncertain, warn environment groups
‘Budget 2026 is key test for Government’s commitment to Ireland’s seas’ and promise to scale-up MPAs
A plague is wiping out white-clawed crayfish in a river near Limerick city
Ireland is regarded as the last stronghold of this species, but locals have found hundreds of dead crayfish in the river Maigue
The Lie of the Land by John Gibbons and Positive Tipping Points by Tim Lenton: Engaging, detailed, terrifying
Much more than a roasting of those who have sought to deny or delay action on climate and the environment
Further sightings of Asian hornets in Cork and Dublin confirmed
Further sightings of the invasive species confirmed in Cobh, Co Cork, and Inchicore in Dublin
The Irish Times Greenest Places shortlist revealed
These 14 nominees show concrete evidence of widespread action on climate and sustainability goals
Asian hornets in Ireland would be ‘a disaster’ for bees and biodiversity, expert says
Nest found in Cork city after sighting earlier this month, with beekeepers and officials on high alert
Dark reality behind Ireland’s bumper butterfly season
Butterfly sightings are up 83% this year, but that follows a steep decline as the habitats that are vital for Ireland’s insects are deteriorating or simply unavailable
Thousands of dolphins may be dying off west coast of Ireland every year, ‘and nothing is being done’
Undersea cameraman Ken O’Sullivan has spent 20 years among the charismatic mammals
Changing the conversation on Ireland’s Natura 2000 sites
‘If you live in a very special place, that should be a good thing and not a bad thing’
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