National mitigation plan to reduce emissions ‘not fit for purpose’, High Court hears

Friends of the Irish Environment is seeking to quash the National Mitigation Plan

Environmental group seeking to quash national mitigation plan published in 2017

Emissions have risen for a second year after three years of little-to-no growth

40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions among EU energy and climate targets

The Irish public, stung by the effects of recent extreme weather events, is increasingly aware that global warming impacts are coming to their doorsteps

‘It is critical that Ireland joins with this coalition and supports efforts... the EU’s climate commitments’

Climate council warns economic growth and rising emissions ‘not yet decoupled’

Ireland has the third highest emissions per capita for residential energy use in the EU

Amid denial and inefficiency, Ireland refuses to get serious about the climate crisis

Green Party was part of government that signed up, without any apparent economic analysis, to an unachievable target