Full coverage: Environment

Sustainable building materials, carbon-neutral homes and quality housing represent one sector where Ireland could set the global pace for the implementation of new technologies. All we need is a designated experimental town.

Depending on who you talk to, the government’s move to increase Carbon Tax was either too much too soon or too little too late. Either way, the tax needs to be a stepping stone to a different Ireland. And that involves changes our systems of production.

Global research shows that tackling farming practices, diets and food waste at the same time is the only way to achieve meaningful cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

For businesses, Tuesday’s budget means higher energy taxes, tightening criteria to access green incentives and a slow roll-out of support schemes for renewables.