3 July 2020 By early 2020, Saoi O’Connor was no stranger to weekday protests and grassroots climate action. For the …
Frank McDonald appointed as guest editor of the Green News
Frank McDonald appointed as guest editor of the Green News
Insectageddon – a plague on our houses or a phantom menace?
March 20th, 2020 “Who has the right to decide that the supreme value is a world without insects even though …
Short-term emissions drop nothing to celebrate
March 19th, 2020 For the past few days as the COVID-19 pandemic upends global routines, social media has been flooded …
‘Everything is Changing’ – Whale life from around the Irish coast
February 14th, 2020 Eighty-two feet long, the skeleton of a Wexford blue whale named Hope has supplanted ‘Dippy’, the much …
‘It’s been a rollercoaster’ – the rise of the Irish school strike movement
September 18th, 2019 One food stall at this month’s A Taste of West Cork festival stood out, not so much for …
The problem with farmed salmon
July 15th, 2019 Last month, a leading Cork restaurant made an unusual announcement that involved risking its revenue by boycotting …
Air pollution: ‘Solutions are there, we just need the policy’
June 5th, 2019 Each year, the United Nations-led World Environment Day picks a specific theme that warrants awareness-raising globally. In …
Green shoots show signs of growth in Midlands local elections
May 30th, 2019 After a long weekend of anxious waiting going into the eight count in the Moate Civic Centre …
First Time Green – the new wave of climate voters
May 27th, 2019 With over 90 per cent of the 949 seats declared as of this morning, the Green Party …