Eamon Ryan

Global warming approaching 3 degrees this century with catastrophic implications, UN report warns

Countries’ ‘emissions gap’ is like an emissions canyon littered with broken promises, broken lives, and broken records, says UN chief

Charging of electric buses in Dublin to become fully operational this week after planning delays

New fleet intended to help make city’s atmosphere cleaner, quieter and more sustainable

Fact-checking the Government’s housing claims: Progress made but existing targets fall short

An interrogation of the Coalition’s flagship plan to address the housing crisis paints a very mixed picture

Eamon Ryan’s natural gas storage plan not as daft as it looks

Both demand Irish solutions to Irish problems

Outgoing Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon set to move to ComReg

DPC boss to switch to communications regulator early next year

Planning delays hitting green energy projects and efforts to meet emissions targets, says Ryan

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland latest to warn that State will struggle to meet emissions targets

Ministers hail sea-change in housing supply

Based on current trends, new home completions are expected to exceed this year’s target of 29,000 units

Government to provide gas storage facility to bolster energy reserve

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Local authority loan to be available for derelict homes under Government plans

Ministers to receive update on Coalition’s Housing for All plan during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting

Overhaul of driving test curriculum on the cards, as road deaths spiral

Driving test has not changed since 2011, before introduction of e-bikes and e-scooters and expansion of motorway network

Almost half of people say Government not doing enough on climate change, survey finds

Temperatures in the seas around Ireland and the UK were 3-5 degrees higher than normal in June - and climate change is to blame. Graphic: NOAA

Legislation allowing for later nightclub opening hours could be enacted by summer, Cabinet told

Helen McEntee has previously indicated her intention to replace laws which date back up to 200 years with the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2023

Dublin Port risks running out of key capacities within 15 years, Government told

Future of port stoking Coalition tension over Eamon Ryan’s push to use some port lands for housing and nature reserve

Larry Goodman’s €6m Barryroe rescue plan approved by High Court

Most shareholders to be wiped out in scheme that will mean explorer turns to renewable-energy opportunities

Climate change compounding coastal change says Eamon Ryan

New report says State should have policies for some ‘managed retreat’ from changing coastlines

Here’s what to look out for in party conference season

Can the Greens convince people they have delivered? How will Fine Gael persuade voters to give it a fourth term? And what’s the temperature around a Fianna Fáil/Sinn Féin coalition?

Societal consensus needed to expedite flood-protection projects, says Tánaiste

State has been ‘somewhat slow’ on adaptation to counter inevitable climate impacts, Micheál Martin tells climate summit

States awash with fossil fuel profits should divert funds to tackle climate crisis, says Eamon Ryan

Saudi Arabia spends €875m on soccer players in three months and ‘can afford’ to contribute more towards climate crisis

Ministers approve new low-interest retrofit loans for homeowners

Owners can borrow up to €75,000 for energy efficiency upgrades, underpinned by European funds

Seafood group calls for ‘proper’ assessment and planning in offshore wind energy in industry first

Sector submission to Eamon Ryan says it wants to avoid ‘any repeat of past – especially planning – mistakes’

Social media trolling and spread of fake news are threat to Irish democracy, say Green Party leaders

Eamon Ryan describes Greens as ‘the vanguard for change’

Farmers could be paid for use of land to ‘slow down’ flood water, Eamon Ryan says

Green Party leader cites need for better land management as Government prepares improved package of supports for those impacted by flooding

Greens in power: How the party has quietly become the most effective member of Coalition

Harry McGee looks at the party's performance in Government ahead of the party's annual conference in Cork

EU climate ministers back ‘polluter pays’ principle in agreed declaration for Cop28 negotiations

Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan secures amendment as way to raise climate finance for vulnerable countries and assist adoption of renewables

Whither the Government’s low-cost retrofitting loan scheme?

After several false starts, the department says initiative will be up and running by year’s end

Budget 2024: First three lump sums to be paid next month

Timetable revealed for payment of nine once-off supplements

Inside ‘the weirdest budget ever’: Climate bust-ups, a mortgage surprise and the Stephen Donnelly saga

Government insiders fear ‘flat’ Budget 2024 will not move the dial as internal tensions within the Coalition rise

Party leaders opt for cudgels, not scalpels, in budget postmortem

Budget debates see a tone of weary resignation from the Coalition leaders in advance of the Opposition buffeting

Stephen Donnelly thrown ‘under the bus’ in this year’s budget, says Sinn Féin

Budget 2024: Mary Lou McDonald says there is ‘not an additional cent for new hospital beds’

Muted budget reaction belies fact it contains one of the most significant policy decisions in a long time

Budget 2024 was framed for the archetypal family unit of middle Ireland

Climate and nature fund is ‘a gamechanger’ in addressing monetary gaps up to 2030, says Ryan

Minister states fund would be particularly useful in meeting ‘the biggest challenge of all in transport’

New climate fund is arguably the single most important element of Budget 2024 and a historic first

Budget 2024 includes measure to scale up green transition of economy

Budget 2024: Some tax-raising measures still need to be signed off, Eamon Ryan confirms

Raising PRSI is one of the options being considered

Irish Rail sets target of 51% cut in emissions by 2030 with big reductions in diesel use

Climate plan set to clip carbon dioxide by more than 71,000 tonnes annually while expanding passenger rail and freight services

Delays to road projects could lead to 77 deaths, Minister warned

Eamon Ryan told by TII that delaying funding to projects could result in hundreds of serious injuries

Landmark planning legislation may not be passed by Oireachtas until 2024

Green Party TD Steven Matthews, chair of Oireachtas housing committee, says he is ‘reserving judgment’ on legislation over concerns about citizens’ rights being ‘watered down’

Tensions rise over roads spending as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil press Eamon Ryan

Green leader criticised over memo that suggested shortfalls could mean some projects are deprioritised

Government’s green energy attempt to lure investment misses target

Latest renewable electricity supply contracts a blow to renewable electricity hopes

UN summit: Some progress on global ‘loss and damage’ climate fund - Eamon Ryan

Discernible change in attitude by states in meetings on fringes of UN summit says Minister for Climate

Microsoft plans data centre campus in Co Kildare

Tech giant says the facility will create a ‘large number of permanent jobs’ once fully operational

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