Fossil fuels continue to dominate energy use in Ireland and in the European Union. The latest data from Eurostat shows that fossil fuels accounted for 70 per cent of gross energy available in the EU…
A recent Report from Eurostat, examines the percentage of renewable energy sources in transport in the EU 2021. The current target is 14 per cent by 2030. The 2020 target was missed by 0.9 percentage…
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030 through a global…
Locked Out of the Market is a quarterly report published by the Simon Communities of Ireland based on a snapshot survey conducted over three consecutive days. This latest version published in January…
The latest report from the EPA reveals a number of worrying trends. Waste generation in Ireland continues to increase, making it difficult to maintain or increase recycling rates. Ireland is in…
The Programme for Government acknowledged that our “existing measures of economic performance fail to measure matters such as damage to the environment and voluntary work. They also overlook equality…
The Programme for Government 2020 commitment to the development of a well-being framework has been delivered on with the Second Report on Ireland’s Well-being Framework published in June 2022. As…
