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Rose Cottage: it was vacated in the last decade and has fallen into disrepair. Photograph: James Forde

Restoration of historic Phoenix Park cottage approved

OPW granted permission for Rose Cottage refurbishment after scrapping holiday rental plans

Frogs in amplexus

How was amplexus for you, dear? Your nature queries answered

Ethna Viney on frog mating and whether grey squirrels are gaining the upper paw

‘Satellites offer a unique vantage point to monitor the health of our planet.’ File photograph: Getty

Benign impact of Covid-19 on air quality and carbon emissions

Satellites orbiting planet reveal significant reduction in hazardous gases and particles

People enjoying the spring sunshine in the Phoenix Park in Dublin on Monday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Weekend weather to cool with overnight temperatures below zero

‘Summer time’ begins at 1am this Sunday with the clocks going forward one hour

Large yellow sandbags have been left in place along the Clontarf Road following flooding. Photograph: Alan Betson

'Big flaws in these plans': New Clontarf flood defences selected

New ‘dual wall’ plan does not adequately address concerns, councillor says

Sunset over Co Cavan on Friday. Photograph: Niall Brady

Why are we having such spectacular sunsets? It’s all down to the light . . .

Met Éireann’s Siobhán Ryan says weather and time of year are behind the amazing colours

Roseberry Investments has applied to An Bord Pleanála for a strategic housing development in blocks up to six storeys at the back of the Bonnington hotel in Whitehall. Photograph: David Davies/PA

Councillors urge rejection of former Regency Hotel car park plans

Build-to-rent apartment and other proposals for Bonnington discussed at ‘virtual’ meeting

The extreme temperature increases varied across Co Dublin, with Casement Aerodrome having 20% more extreme events, and Phoenix Park 7% compared to a baseline period of 1981-2010. Photograph: Getty Images

Extreme temperature events in Dublin up 20% in eight years

Researchers in Ireland have produced a complete picture for Dublin by combining mathematical methods with new data analytics

St James’s Hospital said the demolition, which took place one week ago over the weekend, was necessary to ensure public safety. Photograph: Alan Betson

St James’s Hospital under investigation over demolition of historic houses

Dublin hospital says the houses were razed to ensure public safety

Cowslips in Sutton

Spring has come early to Sutton, the cowslips are out

Eithne Viney: on a blue tit fighting with itself, sociable herons, and frogspawn in Wicklow

Katharine Hayhoe concealed her email address online but the vitriol that followed her just shifted to social media, where she continues to deliver her message in spite of having to block up to 100 people a day. Photograph: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Prof Katharine Hayhoe: Where to find hope that climate crisis will be addressed

Influential climate scientist sees no conflict between religion and science on climate change

Flooding has been reported in parts of Ireland. File photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

Flooding hits Ireland as weather warnings are issued

Winds, snow and ice reported in parts of country as floods affect homes in midlands

File photograph of chickens. Photograph:.Chor Sokunthea/Reuters

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Co Monaghan poultry flock

Infectious outbreak does not kill birds in high numbers or pose a risk to human health

Sea foam spills on shore as Storm Jorge hit Clogher Strand in Co Kerry on February 29th last. Photograph: Ruth Ui Ogain/via Reuters

Weather warnings issued for several counties as high winds and snow forecast

Coastal flooding could occur due to combination of waves and spring tides

Known as StreamAIR, the technology devised by the Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS) also provides indication of key drivers of air pollution and climate disruption.

New app from NUI Galway provides real-time weather forecasts

StreamAIR provides air quality indications, combined with air pollution risks

The operation of Leixlip Water Treatment Plant which supplies water to 600,000 people in the greater Dublin area, including parts of Kildare and Meath, has been strongly criticised by the Government’s Water Advisory Body. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

Irish Water’s operation of Leixlip treatment plant criticised by advisory body

The plant’s recent difficulties highlight vulnerability of Dublin’s water supply

Damaged coconut tree in Mozambique: 2019 was the second-hottest year on record, with a global average temperature of 1.1 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba

Global society ‘off-track’ on climate targets, UN warns

People and wildlife at risk from greater heat, sea level rises and extreme weather

Human rights advocate and former secretary general of Amnesty International Kumi Naidoo. File image: Tobias Hase/AFP/Getty Images.

Global capitalist system a bigger threat than coronavirus, Naidoo says

Ex-Amnesty chief says today’s problems will seem like a ‘picnic’ in future if climate change not addressed

Pat Crowe standing on a flooded laneway on his farm in Springfield, Co Clare. Two-thirds of his 150-acre farm are under water. Photograph: Jennifer O’Connell/The Irish Times

Flooding: ‘It will be April before the floodwaters go down’

Farmers in Clare and Galway fear they will be forgotten about when the water recedes

Audrey O’Flaherty’s North American freshwater terrapin

What are these washed up on Dollymount Strand? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on terrapins, foot-stomping seagulls and jellyfish in February

Red ribbons around trees to be felled on Baggot Street, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

BusConnects trees: Which species should we plant, where and how?

Revised bus routes plan will see hundreds of trees planted. Will they be the right kind?

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Both badgers and humans waiting on security from plague

Both badgers and humans waiting on security from plague

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