World leaders will need to show “real political commitment” if an international treaty to tackle global warming is to be concluded in Paris before the end of next year, according to the Climate Act

Key steps along the road to reaching a global deal on climate change before the end of next year are becoming clearer as the latest round of UN-sponsored negotiations in Bonn enters its second week

Nearly a third of all private wells in Ireland are contaminated with E. coli and contain water that is unsafe for consumption, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.

Ireland is now unlikely to meet EU targets for a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from agriculture, transport and the built environment, according to the latest report by the Env