Marie Donnelly

Ireland requires gas-fired power stations over the coming years to ensure stability of its electricity grid, according to chairwoman of the Climate Ch(...)

A wide range of failures in the Government’s response to the climate crisis have been highlighted by the Climate Change Advisory Council in its review(...)

Ireland has reached its carbon crunch. New proposals on national carbon limits from the Climate Change Advisory Council will, when approved by the Oir(...)

Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the proposed Carbon Budgets must be “fair” and use the “carrot” rather than the “stick”, Government T(...)

The Climate Change Advisory Council will change the State’s politics, and the lives of millions as Ireland finally begins to tackle its over-productio(...)

The national herd is unlikely to need to be culled to meet the State’s carbon emissions targets and is instead likely to reduce naturally, Minister fo(...)

Forthcoming carbon budgets for every sector of the economy will “require fundamental changes” affecting how people live and work, Minister for Climate(...)

The Climate Change Advisory Council has finalised its recommendations for two, five-year carbon budgets aimed at reducing the State’s carbon emissions(...)

Members of the independent Climate Change Advisory Council are continuing to meet on Monday with a view to signing off on recommended greenhouse gas l(...)

The Government’s aim of having its detailed roadmap for halving greenhouse emissions published before the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow star(...)