MOUNTING frustration over outdated wind energy regulations came to a head at the July meeting of Offaly County Council, where councillors united calling for an immediate update to national guidelines. Many argued... Read more »
Tony Blair’s government altered the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph to keep unionists onboard with Northern Ireland’s peace process, newly released files show. The decision was taken in... Read more »
The Verkhovna Rada did not support three resolutions proposing to cancel the vote on draft law No. 13157, in particular, amendments to introduce a 10% export duty on soybeans and rapeseed, MP... Read more »
It started with sewage. Few environmental crises evoke such visceral public anger as pumping poo into waterways, but for years, that is exactly what water companies in England and Wales have done... Read more »
Hundreds of people attended a meeting in the Castle Arms Hotel in Durrow on Monday evening to voice their opposition to two planned IPAS centres in the village. Fianna Fail TD Sean... Read more »
Elections are imperfect reflections of public sentiment. But they are the least worst means to distribute political power. Each vote does count, however unsatisfactorily, under Westminster’s electoral system – except when people are... Read more »
Welcome to “a new golden age” for nuclear power, said Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, as he signed off the £38bn (if we’re lucky) Sizewell C mega-plant in Suffolk. It will certainly... Read more »
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. The Ukrainian parliament on July 22 approved amendments that effectively destroy the independence of Ukraine’s two key anti-corruption institutions, according to... Read more »
Ministers are facing calls for greater transparency about public data that may be shared with the US tech company OpenAI after the government signed a wide-ranging agreement with the $300m (£222m) company... Read more »
A 24-year-old Kildare resident who told gardai he was “so drunk” that he couldn’t remember fatally stabbing his sister’s partner once in the chest with a kitchen knife following a dispute has been found not... Read more »