Grace O Sullivan

Ireland has one of the most progressive legislative frameworks for affirming the rights of people in terms of gender recognition, according to Ministe(...)

If you study ornithological journals closely, you will know that in 2011 there was a new addition to the list of endangered species. But against the (...)

A deal on the future of water charges may be close as Fine Gael has agreed to examine existing legislation to penalise householders who waste water. (...)

Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney has moved to introduce a ban on cosmetics, toothpastes and other products containing plastic microbeads. (...)

Twenty Oireachtas members will sit on the committee examining the future of water charges. The committee, which will be chaired by Independent Senato(...)

The Government has been accused of allowing political expediency to trump its commitment to protect the environment. Senator Lynn Ruane (Independent) (...)

Irish diplomats and officials involved in intensive negotiations in Brussels over the past six months on how efforts to meet the EU’s climate change t(...)

A Green Party politician has described Taoiseach Enda Kenny as like the “lazy student who’d not opened a book all year” in seeking special exemptions(...)

Much like the 32nd Dáil, still wrestling with how to manage itself weeks into a politically novel existence, the 25th Seanad is quite unsure what type(...)

On Wednesday morning in Washington, DC, Dick Durbin had some interesting information to impart to his fellow senators. “We all know the Senate of the(...)