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Restoring boglands would be a marvellous incentive for staycations while at the same time protecting biodiversity, Mr Mulvey believed. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

More support needed for Midlands move away from peat, says commissioner

Kieran Mulvey of Just Transition calls for urgent change to State aid rules

Prof John Fitzgerald: ‘The legislation should not be over-prescriptive on additional functions for the Council that could serve to distract from or dilute its core mandate.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Climate advisory body risks being overloaded by proposed Bill

Overly presciptive legislation will not serve country well seeking carbon neutrality – Prof

The committee was told that national climate laws needed to put in place systems of governance which ‘bake in’ a need to ‘course correct’ if ever progress is falling behind. File photograph: Getty

Climate Bill will not deliver desired cut in emissions, says expert

Oireachtas committee on climate action is told that the proposal lacks accountability

The path, designed to connect the city centre with the Dublin Bay cycle path that runs along the coast from Clontarf to Sutton, was first planned more than eight years ago but has been delayed several times. Photograph: Cathy Loughran

Concerns over cost halt €20m north Dublin city cycle path

Irish Water, Dublin City Council and NTA fail to agree on Clontarf to city scheme

The Office of the Planning Regulator expressed doubt about Offaly County Council’s draft development plan projecting the population of Tullamore as growing by 4,753 by 2027. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Population growth projections for Tullamore queried

Offaly council plan around 33% more people in town by 2027 not accepted by watchdog

Hilary Tully, Patrick McGivney and Judy Sheridan objected to the planning application sought by Kiernan Milling. Photograph: Alan Betson

Residents fear 169m wind turbine would cast shadow over tourism plans

Fáilte Ireland has ‘serious concerns’ about siting and scale of proposed development

Pink grasshoppers are very rare as the colour is caused by a genetic anomaly

Is this pink grasshopper native to Ireland? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on oyster shells, bush crickets, moths, swans and turtle doves

A photo of Hurricane Epsilon. Photograph: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via The New York Times

Ireland to be hit by remnants of Hurricane Epsilon

Status yellow weather warnings are issued as Galway, Mayo face risk of flash flooding

Author Sheila O’Flanagan said she would be subjected to a significant loss of privacy if the new school was built. File photograph: The Irish Times

Dublin author fails in bid to prevent Bono’s old school getting planning for new building

Sheila O’Flanagan told planners of concern she’d be under observation by students

Sales of protected urea have increased significantly this year with almost 40,000 tonnes sold between January and June this year

Farmers scaling up efforts to reduce agricultural emissions – IFA

‘What often gets overlooked is positive and tangible change occurring at farm level’

Cycle lane bollards on Fitzwilliam Street Lower

Dublin residents seek removal of ‘distasteful’ cycle bollards

Council installing wands on Fitzwilliam Street as part of Covid mobility measures

The CAP deal is the ‘first step’ in providing a stable framework for farmers to plan their business over the next few years, Minister Charlie McConalogue said. File photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Calls on Irish MEPs to reject ‘regressive’ CAP proposals in key European Parliament vote

Reforms ‘will not address climate, biodiversity or water problems generated by Irish agriculture’

Polluted skies over a solar power generation base in Yanqing, north of Beijing, in September. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

China’s scaled-up climate targets send ‘a pointed message to US’

Beijing’s plans for carbon neutrality by 2060 will have global impact, says IIEA report

A sculpture of Fungie in Dingle, Co Kerry. Fungie has been missing for more than a week now. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Call for financial support for west Kerry if Fungie does not return

‘He has been phenomenal for economy of the place,’ says Dingle Oceanworld director

Prof John Sweeney said he reacted with dismay as weak aspects of the 2015 Climate Bill were incorporated into the Bill. Photograph: Frank Miller / THE IRISH TIMES

Climate Bill criticised for lack of accountability and sanctions

Legislation ‘is very weak compared to leading climate laws adopted elsewhere’ – environmental law expert

Independent TD Mattie McGrath: “Many young adults and children with disabilities are totally sidelined and marginalised”

Taoiseach says ‘difficult and tough six weeks ahead’ as country begins lockdown

Independent TDs Fitzmaurice and McNamara appeal for marts to be allowed to remain open

Ruptured lead piping excavated by Irish Water. File photograph: Frank Miller

‘Appalling neglect’: Families on boil water notice for almost a full year

Minister of State says Tipperary issue due to low chlorine caused by age of pipe network

The peregrine falcon: Just over 300 bird of prey were found to have been poisoned or suffered some form of unnatural death between 2007 and 2019

More than 200 of Ireland’s birds of prey were poisoned, finds study

Majority killed by human attacks or other activity, says new report spanning 12 years

IFA president Tim Cullinan: Farmers feel increasingly like powerless spectators in the management of their own forests, locked into forestry under the replanting obligation without recourse. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times

Warning over impact of timber shortages due to forest licence backlog

Farmers ‘no longer view forestry as a safe investment’, IFA president tells committee

Caterpillar of the pale tussock moth seen in Co Meath.

Could you identify this extraordinary caterpillar? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on the lesser octopus, musk beetles and sheep ticks

“We can’t have the backloading of emissions reductions to the second half of this decade.” Photograph: Getty Images

Call for intensive effort to set sectoral limits on emissions

Chairman of Climate Change Advisory Council says reducing emissions while enhancing farmer incomes is realisable

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