European news for Ireland
The global shipping industry has agreed to drastically cut pollution levels and move towards net-zero, but the deal falls short of the Paris climate agreement. The International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s…
Last month was the warmest March on record across Europe, that’s according to latest data from the EU’s climate service, Copernicus. “It was also a month with contrasting rainfall extremes…
Ireland’s supply chain is well placed to capture around half of the work that will be needed to build new wind and solar farms by 2030, that’s according to a…
EU ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss their relations with the United Kingdom amidst hope of improving on the Brexit deal. Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and…
Ships are continuing to pollute the seas around Europe because member states’ enforcement is “far from satisfactory”, that’s according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA). The ECA says European…
Ireland will have to pay out up to €26 billion to offset pollution without drastic improvements, that’s the warning from the Fiscal Council and Climate Change Advisory Council. Under EU…
Electric cars will be more expensive and less available as a result of EU moves to water down targets, that’s according to the European consumer organisation, BEUC. The European Commission…
The European Commission has announced plans which it says will cut energy bills for households and businesses by hundreds of billions of Euro per year. The EU wants to help…
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris have announced more than €50 million from the Shared Island Fund is to be distributed to projects promoting sustainable tourism, arts and culture…
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) says that it broadly welcomes a new plan for agriculture announced by the European Commission. European Commission President von der Leyen promised to deliver her…