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ESB Networks managing director said the upgrade to modern meters was an important enabler of Ireland’s climate action plan. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

Electricity smart meters: first phase of €1.1bn changeover announced

Smart meters will help customers make better choices about their consumption

RTÉ has been criticised repeatedly for its coverage of climate change, notably on flagship programmes. Photograph: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

RTÉ to make climate-change programming ‘a priority’

Oireachtas committee criticises broadcaster for low level of environmental coverage

The average amount of meat consumed per person per year globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years. File photograph: H Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty

Economic stakes high but meat’s impact on climate undeniable

Varadkar’s comments on eating less meat draw ire from farming industry

A file Nasa image released in December 22017 shows an iceberg floating in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound. Photograph: AFP

Antarctica ice melting six times faster than in 1980s, study finds

Ice losses surged to a net 252 billion tonnes a year between 2009-17, according to report

The Citizens’ Assembly ‘was crystal clear that people want to see the Government take the lead on climate action’

Friends of the Earth warns Government over carbon tax

Organisation says measure will not work if people feel climate-action responsibility is being pushed onto individuals

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Does this moth’s furry coat keep it warm? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on December moths, albino pheasants, cormorants and great spotted woodpeckers

Marjan Minnesma, director of environmental group Urgenda, arrives at court in The Hague in May 2018 for the group’s case against the Dutch government. ,Photograph: Jerry Lampen/AFP/Getty Images

Government still not tackling climate change? So sue them

Citizens are increasingly taking the legal route to pressurise leaders into climate action

“There’s no accountability”: Geraldine Ward, a Drumgossett resident affected by the Gyproc subsidence, outside her home. Photograph: Pat Byrne

Monaghan sinkholes: ‘The mining is a cancer in our parish’

Families displaced from their Magheracloone homes by subsidence want solutions

A Painted Lady butterfly pictured on a headland west of Castletownbere, Co Cork by Patrick Lyne

Butterflies, daffs and grass-cutting in January: has nature gone haywire?

Temperatures for the winter to date have been well above normal

Minister for the Marine Micheal Creed launches Clean Oceans Initiative and sets target for 100 per cent of Irish trawlers to recover plastic waste from the oceans on every fishing trip .Photograph: Julien Behal.

Fishermen to bring plastic from ship to shore for marine litter project

Funding for on-board storage facilities for waste caught in nets and on-shore disposal

A daffodil in bloom. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Are your flowers in bloom? Send us your pictures

We are looking for reader pictures of Ireland’s mild winter

More than 30 wild deer from the herd in Dublin’s Phoenix Park were culled this week in an effort to manage its size. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire.

More than 30 wild deer culled in Dublin’s Phoenix Park

OPW says move part of effort to manage size of herd, with animals sold on to game dealer

Prof Andrew Parnell of Maynooth University

‘It’s actually quite scary’: data analysis of sea level changes

‘We don’t want it to get much higher than 4 or 5mm a year as this would cause incredible damage’

Anne Graham, of the National Transport Authority, at a media briefing in November to unveil details of phase one of the BusConnects project. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Alternative BusConnects plan could affect further 80 homes

Proposal to accommodate bus and cycle lanes may impact Santry households’ gardens

Sophie Kelly, Rachelle Biayi and Karl Fitzpatrick, from Pobalscoil Neasáin, Baldoyle, Dublin at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Attenborough’s ‘before it’s too late’ warning inspires RDS projects

Students show high awareness of climate change issues at young scientist exhibition

A murmuration of starlings in Nobber, Co Meath on Wednesday evening. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

‘It’s like fireworks’: Birdwatchers flock to see starlings’ air display

The fields around Nobber in Co Meath were filled with people watching the murmurations

The corncrake, known for its rasping call, was once widespread across the countryside, but the population was decimated by mechanised farming. Photograph: iStock

How Ireland's elusive corncrake has come back from the brink of extinction

Bird sees first rise in numbers since 2014, attributed to last year’s warm weather

Schematic drawing of the proposed white-water facility at George’s Dock planned by Dublin City Council

White-water rafting plan a ‘white elephant’, says Dublin Lord Mayor

City council plans €12m water sports facility for George’s Dock

A giant fatberg found blocking a sewer in the Devon seaside town of Sidmouth. Photograph: South West Water/PA Wire

Enormous ‘fatberg’ found blocking sewer in Devon

Blockage consists of 64m-long accumulation of household waste thrown down toilets

Leo Varadkar visiting Irish troops in Mali. The Taoiseach said the carbon tax “will never be about taking money from people”. Photograph: Defence Forces Press Office

Varadkar keen to avoid ‘yellow vest’ effect with carbon tax

Taoiseach considering rebates as ex-president criticises climate response

Schematic drawing of the proposed white-water facility at George’s Dock planned by Dublin City Council

White-water rafting course proposed for George’s Dock in Dublin

Council facility aims to attract kayakers, fire brigade, water polo players and tourists

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