Ireland

Replicating green finance schemes that are already up and running in Ireland, Belgium, and Germany could turbocharge demand for energy efficiency upgrades, the Green Finance Institute suggests

New research concludes over-arching framework laws have enhanced climate action in New Zealand, Germany, and Ireland

Irish consumers can now return empty drinks bottles and cans in exchange for money off their supermarket shop - yet plans for such a system in the UK have been dogged by dither, delay, and disruption

Industry-led, nationwide recycling scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans begins operating across Ireland today, offering consumers money off their supermarket shop

Former chief executive of Bord na Móna, founder of Airtricity and co-founder of Mainstream Renewables and SuperNode, has died at the age of 76

New memorandum of understanding aims to boost both states’ efforts to accelerate renewables development, deploy new interconnectors, and enhance energy security

The comprehensive energy efficiency strategy adopted in Ireland has become the envy of its neighbours and points to how deep decarbonisation of the building stock might be achieved

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including a new US-Canada electric vehicle corridor, Ireland's first ever offshore wind auction, and a slowdown in Amazon deforestation

Twenty-year research project comprising 30 million records unearths 'powerful and concerning' human impact on native plants

Simply Blue Group welcomes latest funding round, as it looks to accelerate plans to deliver wave of floating wind farm projects