A number of dishes conform to the hotel’s zero-food-waste targets, and ingredients that have been sourced from local suppliers are highlighted on a map printed on the menu.

UCC is aiming to become a zero-waste campus by 2030 and a carbon-neutral campus by 2040.

Cork County Council is encouraging people of all ages to get on their bike and to discover the joys of cycling.

The Port of Cork has been highlighted as a potential major site for offshore wind energy in Ireland, while the Cork dockyard has plans to expand its port infrastructure so it can be used to build offshore wind farms.

Cork City Council has published details of the multi-million euro Glanmire to city cycle route (phase one) scheme. 

The council has established seven drop-off points for trees in the city which will be open from next week.

With the eyes of the world on the Cop26 climate crisis conference in Glasgow, John Roycroft asks what the sports world has done and still needs to do to tackle its own carbon footprint