Caroline O'Doherty
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European Commission to put Irelandâs poor climate action record under scrutiny (opens the original)
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Irelandâs sluggish climate action efforts will be brought under scrutiny as the European Commission seeks to push laggard countries to achieve their emission reduction targets. EU commissioner for climate Wopke Hoekstra said talks would take place with the Government to find solutions to whatever was impeding progress. He would not be drawn on the areas the talks would focus on, saying it was ânot helpfulâ to negotiate in public. But he said all sectors, including land use, would be under
Flood protection delays leave homes at âincreased riskâ from extreme weather (opens the original)
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Delays in flood protection schemes are leaving homes and businesses at increasing risk from intensifying rains and storms, the Climate Change Advisory Council has said. The council said it was âextremely concernedâ that few of the dozens of planned schemes were under construction despite being prioritised for investment almost a decade ago. The independent body that provides expert advice to Government noted that Enniscorthy, Co Wexford â which was severely flooded last January â was sti
Ireland and Tuvalu to co-host international climate conference next July (opens the original)
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Ireland and the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu will co-host an international conference next July with countries that have pledged to speed up the end of oil, gas and coal. The second International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels will take place in the Pacific, with a pre-conference event to be held in Ireland in the spring. It follows the inaugural transition conference co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands that 57 countries attended last April. The initiative stemme
Data centre opposed by author Sally Rooney has planning overturned on climate concerns (opens the original)
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A data centre objected to by author Sally Rooney has had its planning permission overturned on grounds it breaches national climate policy. The facility was to be built in Killala, Co Mayo by Mayo Data Hub Ltd, part of US firm Avaio Digital. It received planning permission from Mayo County Council last year despite numerous objections, including one from Rooney, the Normal People author and Mayo resident. Rooney argued it would be a wasteful use of electricity that would require burning of fossi
Five Opposition parties unite on climate action, seeking ban on LNG imports (opens the original)
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Forty environmental and justice groups and five Opposition parties have jointly called on the Government to publish this yearâs delayed Climate Action Plan and accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions. The groups, under the Stop Climate Chaos banner, joined with Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, Labour, the Green Party and People Before Profit in making the call. Their demands include urgent publication of the 2026 Climate Action Plan, which is now nine months overdue. They also want the Gov
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