Andrew Muir: Out and proud Stormont Minister in charge of Northern Ireland’s farming

‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir

EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support

Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote

New long-life electric car battery with 1.5m-kilometre warranty could spell end of longevity...

Chinese battery giant announces long-lasting EV battery

Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Did we catastrophise Brexit?

Four years on from UK’s official departure from the EU, the Irish economy is relatively untrammelled by the new arrangements

June referendum: What is the Unified Patent Court and why does it matter to me?

It was due to be held in June, but the failure to pass the family and care amendments have made this uncertain

England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis

Onshore wind and solar could provide 226TWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth

Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists

Sharp increase in temperatures over past year has surprised many scientists

March one of the wettest on record, says Met Éireann

Twenty-nine days of rainfall recorded in some areas

Electric car sales in Ireland drop 14% despite rise in overall new car market

Sales of regular hybrids are up 19.5% while plug-in hybrids rose 10.7%; even diesels are up 9%

Ireland must stop prioritising short-term demands and plan for a better society

We do not have the scale of public and private investment in infrastructure to move towards greener energy and more sustainable lifestyles

UN issues ‘red alert’ after all major global climate records were broken last year

UN weather agency says 2024 could be worse as report details significant plunge in Antarctic sea ice

Government is failing technological universities. Can they be saved?

Student numbers in newly created third-level institutions have dropped over the past two years. The sector now faces strong headwinds

Two-thirds of 147,000 homes applied for under Government’s fast-track planning system remain...

Government’s strategic housing development system was intended to speed up delivery but was scrapped after it generated a multiple legal cases

Environmental group threatens to sue EPA over failure to tell customers about water issues

Idea of super-high-speed railway line for the west of Ulster is 'ridiculous' says transport...

The notion of creating a 200kmph (124mph) rail link between Portadown and Londonderry city is simply “ridiculous”, says an expert in transport policy.

Chris Horn: Discarding premium brand Science Foundation Ireland may transpire to be wrongheaded

SFI has become a flagship funder of scientific research in our universities, with corresponding aid to industry for collaborative research via the IDA and Enterprise Ireland

After years of protest by Native Americans, massive dam removal project hopes to restore salmon...

Four dams along the Klamath River in Northern California and Southern Oregon devastated the wild salmon population, which could no longer swim upstream.