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Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (324+ words) Ireland's protected habitats and species are in free-fall, with about 90 per cent of them now failing, according to a December report. Underlying this collapse is a pattern of treating climate and nature as peripheral, marginal concerns, easily sidelined rather than…...
Sharks on brink of extinction caught in tangle nets in protected Irish waters
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (637+ words) Thousands of protected and critically endangered sea animals were killed after being caught in nets used by crayfishing vessels in Ireland's only marine national park, new research shows. Casualties recorded over a four-year period included 1,161 grey seals, 81 angel sharks, 532 tope,…...
Flooding latest: ‘Significant’ road damage in Waterford; Clontarf Baths in Dublin ‘destroyed’
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1769+ words) According to Met "ireann, Saturday morning will start with mist and fog in some areas as cloud and patchy rain persist in northern areas. It will be mainly dry elsewhere except for the south where there will be scattered heavy…...
New weather warnings issued as people in Dublin, Wicklow and Waterford advised to avoid driving
2+ day, 13+ min ago (1774+ words) The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee John Brady said in some years up to "7 million was allocated by the Exchequer to the Department of Housing, OPW and Met "ireann for the planned national flood warning service. However, he said…...
Why is it so wet? Ireland is collateral damage in the battleground between weather systems
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (641+ words) Much discussion around the current floods has focused on predicting what rain is coming and where, but that still leaves the question of why it has been unrelentingly wet in the usually drier eastern half of the country. For an…...
Met Éireann warns parts of Dublin could be flooded again
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (486+ words) Parts of Dublin that experienced flooding recently are most at risk again over the next 24 to 36 hours, Met "ireann has said. A yellow rain warning is in place for Dublin from 9am until noon on Thursday, which will then move to…...
Status orange and yellow weather warnings in place as unsettled weather to last into next week
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (568+ words) Unsettled conditions are forecast to continue into early next week. It comes as rainfall alerts have been issued for 11 counties on Thursday in advance of further potential flooding. Met "ireann said outbreaks of rain were likely to be widespread on…...
Deep heat on our doorstep: Geothermal energy a realistic proposition for Ireland
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (278+ words) Contrary to the widespread belief, you don't need to live beside a volcano with hot rocks on your doorstep to be able to avail of vast quantities of geothermal energy " a year-round source of clean heat " but equally good for…...
Bambu H2C review: Pricey 3D printer really is a production powerhouse
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (860+ words) When the Bambu Lab H2C printer arrived on my doorstep, I thought I might have made a slight error in judgment. The 3D printer that had looked as if it would fit neatly on a desktop was in a massive box that…...
Plans for new ballroom at Trump Doonbeg should support ‘both people and snails’
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (639+ words) Plans for a new ballroom at the Donald Trump-owned Doonbeg International Golf Links and Hotel should be "assessed through a balanced, evidence-based approach that supports both people and snails, a tidy towns group has said. There are a number of…...