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EPA

The Morning Lead
Greenhouse emissions fell 2% last year but Ireland is still way off reaching its climate targets
All sectors included in the EPA’s calculation saw reductions, except for the heating of homes and other buildings.
In total, 54 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2eq) were emitted in Ireland last year.
Emissions from energy industries decreased by 8.9%, Agriculture by 1.7%, transport by 1.2% and industrial emissions fell by 4.6%.
The EPA warned that the rate of reduction still needs to increase if Ireland is to reach its climate targets.
David MacRedmond
13 hrs ago
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29th June 2025 - 4th July 2025
Drinking Water
Progress on removing lead from drinking water pipes 'far too slow', watchdog warns
Updated 2 Jul
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22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025
for peat's sake
‘Conspicuous’ lack of law enforcement on illegal large-scale peat extraction
26 Jun
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37
Last month
June 2025
Extreme Wind
Storm warning: Extreme wind is now 'priority' climate risk for Ireland
9 hrs ago
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InvestigatesData Centres
Where are all the data centres and why should you care?
We mapped, for the first time, all operating and planned data centres in Ireland.
The Journal Investigates examined over 25 years of planning records to pinpoint the location of data centres
Our interactive map allows you to explore Ireland’s 89 data centres as well as another 40 in development
Conor O'Carroll
13 hrs ago
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Temperature Check
Ireland's excessive emissions mean climate goals 'are increasingly out of reach'
1 Jun
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2025
2030 targets
Climate target failure: Ireland faces up to 11 National Children’s Hospitals worth of fines
28 May
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RELATED
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28 May
EPA
Over half of septic tanks failed inspection last year, posing risk to human health and environment
14 May
7.5k
21
INspections
Bad smells and water pollution dominate compliance failures in environmental inspections
25 Apr
5.3k
Water quality
EPA reports 'welcome reduction' in nitrogen pollution in rivers
19 Mar
4.3k
19
EPA inspections
'Open carcass dump' found at large pig farm in the Midlands
The pig farm says that it is now removing animal carcasses for incineration on a weekly basis.
Eoghan Dalton
31 Jan
55.0k
Last year
2024
The Morning Lead
Watchdog warns councils not doing enough to enforce water, air and noise pollution rules
3 Dec 2024
6.4k
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InvestigatesData Crunch
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.
Backup and emergency generators powering large data centres contributing to CO2 emissions
Majority of data centres located in Greater Dublin area, straining the electricity grid
Data centre demand fuelled by rise of artificial intelligence
Conor O'Carroll
28 Nov 2024
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Report
Raw sewage is still being emitted from 16 towns and villages every day
Updated 11 Oct 2024
25.3k
48
state of the environment
Government's policy 'insufficient' to halt or reverse decline of Ireland's environment - EPA
Updated 3 Oct 2024
7.3k
34
EPA report
Solid fuel burning in homes and road traffic continue to be ‘main threats to good air quality’
23 Sep 2024
12.4k
74
drop in the ocean
Over 540,000 people using ‘at risk’ water supplies despite recent 25,000 decrease
10 Sep 2024
6.7k
6
Agricultural runoff
Government launches plan to improve water quality after damning EPA report this summer
5 Sep 2024
6.5k
20
Analysis
Revealed: Which industries use the most water?
1 Sep 2024
18.3k
45
Environmental Protection Agency
E. coli failures in 1 in 20 private drinking water supplies across Ireland last year, says EPA
26 Jul 2024
5.4k
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The Morning Lead
Ireland's greenhouse gases fell to their lowest level since 1990 last year
The EPA has stressed that Ireland is still falling far short of the change needed to meet EU and self-imposed targets.
David MacRedmond
9 Jul 2024
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66
Environmental Protection Agency
Over half a million people are drinking from 'at risk' public water supplies
3 Jul 2024
14.1k
42
EPA
No signs of improvement in quality of Irish lakes, estuaries and groundwaters
Updated 12 Jun 2024
7.0k
eco-friendly
'Greenwashing' makes it difficult for public to identify genuine eco-friendly products, says study
1 Jun 2024
9.1k
30
Environmental Protection Agency
Ireland to fall 'well short' of both national and EU emissions reduction targets
The country is projected to achieve a reduction of up to 29% in total greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to the target of 51%.
28 May 2024
7.0k
sea swimming
EPA updates list of good and bad bathing sites as wet weather puts pressure on beaches
16 May 2024
8.2k
6
bog standard
Nearly half of tested septic tanks failed inspections last year
9 May 2024
8.8k
26
thms
EPA says water is safe to drink in supplies affected by elevated levels of toxic chemicals
26 Mar 2024
14.1k
25
The Morning Lead
Irish people are getting more and more worried about storms and extreme heat - climate study
28 Feb 2024
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143
CLIMATE CRISIS
Extreme weather events show Ireland's vulnerability to climate change, report says
25 Jan 2024
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All time
circular economy
Just 28% of plastic packaging recycled as country remains off track to meet EU targets
28 Nov 2023
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all the elements
Councils told to 'prioritise' inspections for air, noise and water pollution
14 Nov 2023
7.6k
EPA
Ireland's new national air quality forecast goes live today
3 Nov 2023
23.3k
65
EPA report
Dr Catherine Conlon: Sewage in our waterways has huge health and environmental consequences
Dr Catherine Conlon
28 Oct 2023
8.1k
17
Waste Water
Over half of Ireland's waste water discharges still aren't meeting EU standards
26 Oct 2023
7.0k
6
EPA
EPA says 'urgent action' is needed to improve quality of drinking water from private supplies
20 Oct 2023
6.6k
5
The Morning Lead
Swimming restrictions hit over half of all Irish bathing waters this summer
Sea swimming has never been more popular but risks of pollution are also rising.
Noteworthy analysed over 1,600 restrictions from the last decade and they almost tripled over that time
Restrictions include swimming bans and warnings of pollution risk
Expert: “More needs to be done to keep the water in our rivers, lakes and beaches clean”
Alice Chambers
19 Oct 2023
30.7k
19
Rubbish
Two thirds of general waste could've been recycled or composted, EPA finds
22 Sep 2023
11.8k
32
FactCheck
FactFind: Do more than a thousand people die per year in Ireland due to burning solid fuels?
31 Aug 2023
22.5k
epa deletes tweet
Opinion: So, it's now forbidden to tweet about reducing meat consumption - in a climate crisis?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 29 Aug 2023
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