Environment

More than 100 groups in 15 countries, including Ireland, are protesting November 6 and 7 for a moratorium on new large-scale data centre projects.

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate to 4.85% on November 3, its fifth hike of the year, though a narrow 6-3 board vote suggests the tightening campaign may be nearing its end.

Residents of Gurteen in County Sligo voted with their voices at a packed public meeting on October 22, rejecting a proposed wind turbine they say was never properly explained to them.

Storm Austen will bring Status Orange rain warnings to six counties from Thursday evening, with flooding risk and gale-force winds across Ireland.

Divers found a critically endangered fan mussel off Valentia Island, the first live sighting in Irish waters in nearly 20 years.

Dublin Zoo vet Frank O'Sullivan on rising dolphin strandings, warming seas, and the simple actions that can save a life on Irish beaches.

Britain's Prince William has issued a dramatic plea for action to tackle climate change to be sped up before it is too late.

Three hurricanes churn the Pacific as scientists link the rare event to a record-strength El Niño and warming seas.

The UN Environment Programme has confirmed global temperatures will surpass 1.5C. Now the challenge is navigating the overshoot, not avoiding it. What does this mean for climate action?

Nepal's flash floods were caused by a glacier collapse, not an earthquake. At least 160 dead, 1,500 missing. Scientists warn of growing risks as glaciers melt.

In the small west Clare village of Labasheeda, a church that had been silent and boarded up for decades has been given a new lease of life. The 1837 building, nestled on the banks of the Shannon estuary, opened its refurbished long aisle at the weekend as a community and events hub, marking a defiant stand against rural depopulation.

Ireland is in the grip of a serious heatwave, with temperatures soaring past 30°C. Uisce Éireann says the hosepipe ban could be extended beyond August 26 as water sources remain under pressure.

As temperatures hit 29C, Uisce Éireann warns the hosepipe ban may need to be extended beyond August 26. Regional measures are under review as water sources remain under pressure.

IFA President Francie Gorman calls for urgent meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee as an unprecedented dry spell threatens winter feed supplies and adds cost pressure on Irish farmers.

An 80-year-old woman dies fleeing a wildfire in British Columbia as climate-driven blazes rage in Canada, the US, and Greece. A stark reminder of the human cost of inaction.

Queen's University Belfast engineers have developed plastic-free seaweed farming ropes from sheep wool, moving from Strangford Lough trials to industrial scale in Norway. The project offers a circular solution to plastic waste in aquaculture.

As wildfires rage near Athens for a fifth day, the human cost mounts. Five firefighters dead, communities under threat, and a climate crisis that demands a people's Europe act now.

As wildfires spread across Ireland, ecologists warn that our fire laws are decades out of date. Fines are too low, enforcement is weak, and our land is paying the price.

Alors que des incendies dévastateurs ravagent la Gironde, une enseignante irlandaise témoigne de la peur et de la résilience à Bordeaux.

Fingal councillors demand urgent action on EV charging for residents without driveways, as sales surge 54% and national solutions remain pending.