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Water protests will return alongside any reimposition of charges. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES

Murphy warns of new street protests if water charges return

Reports of some type of charge was ‘least surprising news of the year’

Members of International delegations at the climate conference in Marrakesh on Friday. Photograph: Fadel Sennafadel/AFP/Getty

200 countries agree climate timeframe and appeal to Trump

Marrakesh conference agrees to work out a rule book by December 2018

Weekend temperatures to plunge with risk of snow in parts

The snow will not be as bad as in Ukraine (pictured), but some wintry showers are possible this weekend. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/ EPA

Weather outlook: Thunder and wintry showers likely in northern, western areas

Make hay while it’s winter time - at least in Co Meath

Olive and Gus Martyn with contractors John Joe Mc Gourty and Pat Dunne. Photograph: Séamus Farrelly

Gus Martyn from Dunderry makes 40 large round bales of hay in the dry weather

Irish Water submits plans for €80m Stillorgan reservoir

One of the reservoirs in Stillorgan. Photograph: Raymond Okonski/Geograph.ie/Creative Commons

Utility wants to build covered storage facility in south Dublin to reduce contamination risk

After snow flurries temperatures will drop to -4 at weekend

Snow in Enfield, Co Meath on Thursday. Photograph: Anne Mooney

Snowfall disrupts traffic in some parts of Northern Ireland with light showers in Dublin

Starbucks opened Swords outlet ‘without proper planning’

An Bord Pleanála has ruled that Starbucks opened a premises in Swords without proper planning permission. File photograph: Getty Images

Coffee chain’s local operator argues premises is a ‘shop’ - An Bord Pleanála disagrees

Record number of birds of prey were poisoned last year

A peregrine falcon at Randalstown, Co Wicklow. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

National Parks and Wildlife Service figures also reveal the number of illegal shootings

Heritage & Habitat

Long-distance swimmer: one Irish eel covered 6,900km in 10 months. Illustration: Michael Viney

Another Life: Tracking the way to Sargasso for Ireland’s silver eels

Michael Viney

We used to think that eels sped to meet up in the Sargasso Sea for a single, springtime orgy, but it seems some are quite happy to take their time

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries

A devil’s coach horse, a trapped crow and a death’s head hawkmoth

Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries

Earth star mushrooms, tar spots, pheasants and spaniels

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