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Green Party Minister rejects bid to curtail fossil fuel lobbying
Climate change
Senator Lynn Boylan proposed changes to the Lobbying Bill to exclude fossil fuel lobbyists from sitting on expert and advisory bodies
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Irish government urged to tackle killer air pollution new EU report found is claiming young lives
Environment
"We are failing to protect future generations from the health harms arising from toxic air"
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Peppers not the only food at risk of shortage as rationing possible at some supermarkets
Climate change
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems believe food security and hunger will worsen unless corporate influence in the sector is confronted
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Ade Adepitan urges action so children grow up in a world rich with nature
Climate change
We have planted grasses in our garden and added a living roof, which brings butterflies, bees and birds. We love being outdoors as a family, watching the garden come to life
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'If everyone lived like we do in Ireland, today the world would have used up its 2023 resources'
Environment
"Ireland’s overshoot basically means we use three planets if everybody lived like the Irish so we just need to grip on our overconsumption and our energy use"
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Government accused of protecting energy firms at cost of Irish families over windfall tax
Climate change
"The public will be outraged to learn this proposed windfall tax is so weak"
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Ireland fails to meet EU gas reduction target of 15% after Ukraine war
Climate change
It comes as Friends of the Earth called for clarity on commercial LNG position
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Air pollution can cause miscarriage and low sperm count, report finds
Environment
"Each breath we take contains a complex mixture of pollutants"
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Energy crisis: One in five Irish homes now behind on gas bill as cost of living crisis bites
Climate change
"Vulnerable households must be provided with the support they need to keep their homes warm"
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AI project aims to use tech to predict landslides, illegal mining, erosion and emissions in Irish bogs
Climate change
AI2Peat will also look at the climate impact of bogs and whether they are storing carbon
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Government energy schemes 'locking' vulnerable into costly oil and gas heating says senator
Cost of Living
"Installing oil and gas boilers in the homes of pensioners and people with disabilities is no transition at all never mind a just one" - Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan
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Good Morning Britain's Laura Tobin slammed for 'tone deaf' stunt in climate change row
Good Morning Britain
Good Morning Britain fans hit out at the ITV show as weather presenter Laura Tobin's latest move was blasted
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Amazon data centre to power Ireland’s first publicly owned energy firm
Climate change
Tallaght District Heating Network and Energy Centre will heat public buildings with free excess heat from an Amazon data centre
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Sir David Attenborough has warned that human beings only have a 'few short years' left to take action
David Attenborough
"We now have a few short years during which we can still make a choice, where just enough remains of the natural world for it to recover. This starts and ends with us"
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David Attenborough’s hugely popular BBC show Wild Isles coming to Irish shores
David Attenborough
Series producers travelled to the west coast of Ireland last summer to film basking sharks
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Some Irish homeowners in for €1,000 boost amid VAT changes announced by Minister Eamon Ryan
Solar Power
The 23 per cent VAT rate will be reduced to 0 per cent, which will cut around €1,000 off the average cost of getting panels installed
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Antiques Roadshow guest asks 'are you joking?' and chokes up over huge medal valuation
Antiques Roadshow
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left questioning an expert's valuation after becoming emotional discussing the origins of his father's medals
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Private jet use soaring in Ireland, new research shows
Climate change
"To date, the government's approach has been about punishing ordinary people while the wealthy are exempt to continue living their carbon-intensive lifestyles"
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Farmers need right 'financial tools' to rewet and rewild, climate committee told
Climate change
"Ireland has in the past failed to basically reward farm owners for those public goods they provide"
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Government 'failing miserably' to hit deep retrofit targets, opposition claims
Climate change
New figures released by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) show that 8,481 homes were retrofitted to a standard of B2 or above last year.
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Irish lawyer among 100 pledging not to prosecute peaceful climate protesters
Climate change
Lawyers Are Responsible have also vowed to withhold services from fossil fuel companies
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Premier League addiction to domestic flights outlined in jaw-dropping findings
Premier League
Premier League teams chartered 81 short-haul domestic flights during a two-month period this season, with the use of such flights going against the league's sustainability commitments
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Irish scientist's climate change warning: failure to act 'will reverberate for thousands of years'
Climate change
Maynooth University climatology Professor Peter Thorne said: 'If we fail to act in this decade, the consequences of that failure will reverberate for centuries to thousands of years into the future'
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Irish firms face credibility issues if sustainability claims don't match reality, says new report
Environment
"Vagueness will no longer be tolerated by customers, investors or indeed any of our key stakeholders"
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