Ireland to plant 440 million trees by 2040

This drastic action proposal is part of Ireland’s commitment to combat climate change and protect the country from the potentially devastating effects of global warming. Ireland plans to be a zero carbon emissions country by 2050.

Ireland pulls its fossil fuel investments

Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund had withdrawn its €68m investment in fossil fuel companies, making Ireland one of the world’s first countries to make such a move.

New bacteria halts growth of superbugs

Researchers analyzing soil from Ireland have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics.

Ireland planning €22 billion injection into low-carbon economy

The Irish Government has announced plans to spend €22 billion over the next four years to aid the country’s journey to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy.

Irish researchers make major breakthrough in smart printed electronics

Researchers in Ireland have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of 2-dimensional nanomaterials for the first time. This breakthrough could unlock the potential for numerous applications

Ireland votes to be world's first country to fully divest from fossil fuels

The Irish parliament just passed a bill to fully divest their sovereign wealth fund from oil, gas, and coal.

Wonder stuff: Material "grown" at Trinity College Dublin could bring roll-up TVs

Scientists at TCD have made groundbreaking advances with a new material that may one day be used to build roll-up television screens.

Newly discovered form of spiralized light breaks everything quantum physics says about photons

Scientists in Ireland discovered a new form of light that will radically change our understanding of how light functions.