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Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability

Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability

Simple measures alongside long-term ones can help businesses fight against climate change

21.07.2026 10

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Ireland can’t decide whether to protect the environment or undermine it

Public participation and environmental scrutiny are not the enemies of progress

07.07.2026 30

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Road deaths are not inevitable. Stop referring to them as ‘accidents’

We should be furious that road safety campaigns focus on high-vis clothing while our streets become increasingly dangerous

23.06.2026 20

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There is little interrogation of public spend on car parking amid bike shelter angst

Astonishing amount of space in most urban areas is given over to the publicly-subsidised storage of private vehicles

26.05.2026 40

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Ireland’s nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy

There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy

12.05.2026 40

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It is deeply concerning that despite climate law, planning approvals will substantially increase Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions

Any additional emissions will cause additional climate harm: that’s the basic physical and moral challenge of climate change

28.04.2026 50

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The simple text message that helped France cut its electricity usage by 10%

Energy shocks are deeply uncomfortable, but they force structural changes

21.04.2026 50

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Fuel protests must not derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither should data centres

If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact

14.04.2026 60

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Give me an e-scooter over a single occupancy car any day

We don’t need to ban e-scooters. We need to start planning for them

31.03.2026 60

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Why I won’t be using most SEAI grants to retrofit my house

The only SEAI home energy grant I availed of is for solar roof panels. My experience is that the retrofit grants are inflexible and cumbersome

22.03.2026 100

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Ireland's dangerous roads: When cars come first, everyone loses

26.01.2026 50

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