Where to watch live coverage of The 2025 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Monday, March 17
Audiences can access the live broadcast through the “NBC 4 New York” streaming channel, available on Peacock, The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Xumo Play, Amazon Fire, Google TV, TCL and Local Now. Offering a front row seat for one of the world’s most popular and longest-running parades, NBC 4 New York will carry […]
Minister O’Sullivan calls on the public to protect our birds as nesting season approaches
• Nesting Season (March 1st to August 31st) is a critical time for birds and wildlife as they prepare to breed • Hedgerows provide both food and shelter for our birds and wildlife. Legislation prohibits damage to hedgerows from the beginning of March until the end of August, with limited exemptions. The bird nesting season […]
Diarmuid Gavin and Adam Frost of BBC Gardeners’ World among gardening titans announced for Bord Bia Bloom 2025
Bord Bia Bloom returns May 29th – June 2nd 2025, Phoenix Park, Dublin @bordbiabloom #BordBiaBloom Bord Bia Bloom today announced an exciting line-up of local and international horticultural talent for the five-day festival which takes place from May 29th – June 2nd this year. Among the headliners are homegrown gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin and BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost who will […]
New grants for Electric Motorcycles, Small Public Service Vehicles and New Charging Pilot to boost EV adoption
The Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has announced a suite of initiatives aimed at accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and encouraging a cleaner and more sustainable transport future for Ireland. The initiatives are a new scheme for electric motorcycles; a renewal of the taxi, hackney and limousine scheme; and a pilot to explore […]
The Love Your Coast Photography Competition opens for entries on 14th February 2025
This Valentine’s Day, An Taisce’s Clean Coasts Programme invites Irish photographers to fall in love with the coast with the return of the Love Your Coast photography competition for 2025. Building on Clean Coasts’ 2025 theme of connection, the competition encourages photographers to capture the intersection of Ireland’s captivating coastal beauty, rich heritage, and biodiversity, […]
SuperValu and Centra enable over 6 million container returns in Tipperary during the first 12 months of Deposit Return Scheme
A total of 210 million container returned nationwide, the equivalent of every citizen in Ireland to recycle 42 containers under the first 12 months of Deposit Return Scheme Saturdays are the most popular day for customer recycling in SuperValu stores due to customers doing their ‘big shop’, while Centra customers recycle smaller numbers but […]
We love wind energy! 4 in 5 people support Ireland’s growing wind energy sector
The people of Ireland remain firmly in favour of wind energy! A new national survey, conducted by Interactions Research on behalf of Wind Energy Ireland, found that 80 per cent of the public support wind energy development, with 62 per cent backing a wind farm in their local area. This marks a steady increase in support […]
Plug-In Hybrid Sales Soar as Toyota Tops January Sales
Toyota is the best-selling car brand in January 2025 for the fifth year running Drivers continue to embrace Petrol Plug-In Hybrid as January market share soars to 14.16%, an increase of 61.6% Petrol Hybrid and Petrol Plug-In Hybrid represent a 39.05% market share surpassing petrol (28.26%) Diesel January sales fall by 19.97% to a 16.30% […]
Calling all young STEM enthusiasts: SciFest competition kicks-off ahead of its 20th anniversary
SciFest, Ireland’s largest and most inclusive STEM fair programme for second-level students has announced its return ahead of its 20th anniversary with a call for entrants to the SciFest regional fairs, taking place across the country. The SciFest programme is funded by grants from the Department of Education and Research Ireland and by private sector sponsorship, […]
2024 was a key year for the EPA in the provision of timely and targeted information on the environment
In 2024, the EPA completed more inspections, monitoring, and sampling than ever before, including: Over 2,500 waterbodies monitored Over 1,300 inspections of industrial and waste facilities Over 210 urban wastewater treatment plant inspections 200+ Drinking water plant inspections Continuous air quality monitoring at 115 stations The EPA’s 2004 State of the Environment report highlights that […]
