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A mock-up of the proposed Strand Road cycle path. Image via Dublin City Council

Inconveniencing motorists in Sandymount not ‘the end of civilisation’ says Keegan

Dublin city council ‘committed’ to Sandymount cycle project despite order

The conference was told that Eirgrid would be implementing measures to increase the security of Irish electricity supply. File photograph: Getty

Reducing State’s emissions by half over next 10 years ‘feasible’

Forum on climate ambitions hears about ‘challenge of the decade’ from Eamon Ryan

The Environmental Pillar had been a member of the Department of Agriculture-established committee, with the brief to set out the direction of Irish agriculture and food production. File photograph: iStock

Environmental coalition ‘reluctantly’ withdraws from agri-food committee

Draft strategy ‘woefully inadequate’ to meet challenges, Environmental Pillar says

The Gulf Stream System was relatively stable until the late 19th century. File photograph: Getty

Gulf Stream lifeline at its weakest in more than a millennium

Researchers from Ireland, Britain and Germany reconstruct flow history over centuries

Ireland has consistently ranked among the poorest performing countries on the environmental sustainable development goals. Photograph: iStock

Ireland ranks lowest on environment in latest EU progress index

Comparison of 15 EU countries shows better progress under social and economic actions

Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy have filed a formal planning observation against developer Bartra Properties for the plans on a site beside their home in the Bulloch Harbour area of Dalkey in south county Dublin. File photograph: Frank Miller

Pat Kenny challenges plan for nursing home beside his house

Broadcaster claims developers trying to stuff ‘ugly sister’s foot into Cinderella’s slipper’

Dr Tadhg O’Mahony, an adviser to the Finland Futures Research Centre, said Ireland’s transport emissions were – per capita – the fourth highest in the EU. File photograph: Alan Betson

Focus on low-density development must change, climate committee hears

Policy on emissions providing ‘aspirin when patient needs triple heart bypass’

An electric vehicle charging point. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

4:32 Electrified vehicles see sharp rise in sales under new tax scheme

Vehicles in the lower CO2 bands significantly outperform market for first time

Met Éireann has issued several weather warnings, as heavy rain is expected to cause river and surface water flooding in many parts of the country. File photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

Wind warning issued for entire country with rain alert for many parts

Met Éireann issues weather warnings for 24-hour period ahead of wind and rain

Will I wake these sleeping snails?

Finding a mermaid’s purse and hibernating snails: Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on missing crabs in Blackrock and kelp on a golf ball in Kerry

The project aims to empower local businesses, farmers and producers in climate action initiatives in the community. Stock photograph: iStock

Dublin to Donegal: climate action project to encourage community input

Bohemians FC one of the first organisations to sign up for the people’s transition project

“Given that these compounds have been shown to have adverse effects on honey bees, wild bees and other organisms, their detection in honey is of concern....” Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Insecticide residues found in large number of Irish honey samples

Researchers say neonicotinoids ‘should not be reintroduced in Ireland’ due to health and environment concerns

The move to impose a State ban on the burning of smoky coal by home-owners and prepare strict new regulations on the burning of all other solid fuels was announced by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan

Smoky coal ban and solid fuel controls a model for others, says WHO director

Urgent action needed as 400,000 premature deaths a year in Europe are related to air pollution

Dublin City Council plans to limit traffic on Strand Road to one way to facilitate a six-month trial of a two-way cycle path beginning next month. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell

Legal action taken against Sandymount cycle path

Adequate public consultation not undertaken, document lodged to High Court states

Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen: ‘I can’t meet constituents and issue ultimatums and demands to them supported by new laws when I can’t afford them the opportunity or the option of transition and alternatives.’ Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

People need grants not penalties to end solid fuel burning, says Barry Cowen

‘I aspire to cleaner air quality . . . we all want to achieve the same goals’ – Fianna Fáil TD

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the amount of complaints rose by 127 per cent over the previous year, including a ‘dramatic’ rise in those relating to foul odours.

Complaints of environmental breaches by factories soared last year

EPA reports dramatic rise in reports as people stuck at home due to pandemic

Empty Stalls on Moore Street during the coronavirus pandemic in Dublin’s city centre. Photograph:Gareth Chaney/Collins

3:02 Parnell Square must be ‘reclaimed’ from parking, say Greens

Green lung for city should be encouraged and markets revitalised, notes plan

The curlew, an endangered species in Ireland.

State is ‘biggest transgressor of environmental law’, says report

Biodiversity loss continuing due to political failures, ecologists warn

A view of the Vartry reservoir water treatment works in Co Wicklow. A new reservoir is to be built in Saggart, Co Dublin. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Construction of new reservoir to secure Dublin water supplies to begin next month

Equivalent of 40 Olympic-sized pools of drinking water to be stored at Saggart facility

Ticknock in the Dublin mountains. The area continues to be the most popular of Coillte’s recreational sites, doubling its footfall to more than 60,800 in the month of December. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Some Coillte forests see visitor numbers triple during pandemic

Some 2.2 million visited Coillte’s top 50 forests between March and December 2020

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