Sean Murray

Ireland's data centre expansion will “erode our progress” in cutting dependency on fossil fuels , experts have said, after a UN report described the country as a “cautionary tale” for such an approach.

The record-breaking temperatures seen in Ireland in May would not have been possible without human-caused climate change , according to experts, who

The Government is to hike fines for deliberately setting forest fires , because the current maximum of €5,000 is “not a deterrent” to prevent them.

The “train is leaving the station” when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) user growth and the infrastructure needed to provide it, but Ireland “does not need to get on it”, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The number of one-off homes granted planning permission surged in the first three months of this year, but permissions across Dublin plunged, new figures have shown.

The Fifa Men's World Cup gets under way on Thursday, and a charity has warned that it brings with it a heightened risk of gender-based violence against women

Irish scientists are among a team of global experts who have warned that human activities pushed global temperatures up 1.37°C in 2025 and that will rise to the significant milestone of 1.5°C in four years.

The Government's "untargeted" efforts to cushion the blow of energy price hikes have done little to protect the most vulnerable while giving significant support to high-income households.

T he small business loan brokerage had played it safe. Rather than robodial and take their chances in the minefield of TCPA compliance, they ran ads on Facebook and Instagram and had the merchants call them. Inbound leads were gold, they cheered, until one of those inquiries came through a little differently. It was a demand for damages for having been tracked on the internet.