Circular economy strategy aims to cut waste and increase reuse and recycling

Plans for LNG, Dublin Airport passenger cap and data-centre expansion ‘need scrutiny’

Cases show tensions between advisers and councillors over building on land that is at risk of flooding

Software giant Microsoft’s electricity demands remain a source of contention, in particular when it comes to powering AI

Minister says plan is coming, but academics say there is no justification for holdup

Planning regulator intervened 93 times to stop zoning on sites in nine counties, with more interventions still under way

Thirty-one of 54 big projects deemed priority works in 2018 remain on the drawing board

Fewer than one fifth of schemes given priority in 2016 have reached the construction stage

Just 10 of 54 projects prioritised for development in 2018 are under construction

Valuable time lost in raising alert on the incident, notes review by European Union scientists

Ireland’s air quality meets existing requirements but falls short of new criteria

Record disclosed to Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, who said it was a ‘talking shop’ to deflect from crisis

Change to take effect from February 25th despite Common Travel Area measures

Seals also among the animals killed as by-catch of growing crayfishing industry

Judgment states public bodies must try to act in line with national climate targets