A Twitter account, @CorkAirQuality, tweets every three hours from 6am to 11pm, the current air quality in Cork City according to purple air monitors installed across the city.

A pledge to shop more sustainably will be on many people’s New Year’s resolution lists. PAM RYAN talks to a Cork woman tapping into that

Would you use an App that enables you to give away surplus food? COLETTE SHERIDAN spoke to a Cork student who is doing just that, and encouraging others to sign up to the initiative too

CNN Marketing Director Helena Gavin said the organisation was focused on highlighting and showcasing nature in all its forms.

Pope Francis suggested last week that people who substitute pets for children exhibit ‘selfishness’. Colette Sheridan responds in her weekly column

The project, which was started by the Carbery Group, announced its latest phase after funding was secured under the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Programme.

“As more people in Cork enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits of being outdoors, mainly driven by Covid-19 guidelines, we are seeing greater levels of interest in angling nationally." 

COLM Kelleher has made history by becoming Cork City’s first Lord Mayor to be chauffeured in an electric vehicle. He collected the new mayoral car, a Mustang Mach-E — Ford’s first all-electric SUV — which was given to him by Ford Motor Company.

For many of us our New Year's resolution will be to live a more 'greener', sustainable, climate-friendly life. EMMA CONNOLLY spoke to some of Cork's Climate Ambassadors to hear their tips and advice

A #2minutebeachclean is an easy pledge to make that is flexible and can be built on as the year moves forward.

The school is seeking to embed an ethos of sustainability in all aspects of school life.

The Youth of the Year award went to St Colman’s Community College, Midleton, for their commitment to litter-picking and cleaning beaches over the past year

This is a moment for Ireland to seize and lead in action on climate change, says DENIS COLLINS, CEO of ActionZero and Former IDA Board Director and Chair of Regional Development

Imagine if governments around the world switched subsidies for the fossil fuel industry to instead fund people to put solar PV panels on their roofs, so says Kathriona Devereux in her weekly column

Have you heard of the ScholarLee Community Green Initiative? ScholarLee provides students accommodation in four locations across Cork. NIALL MELIA, Sales and Marketing Manager, tells us more

Saoi initiated the Fridays for Future strike at Cork City Hall almost three years ago. 

The Skibbereen native has a long history in activism. 

The international scheme aims to encourage the provision of good quality public parks and green spaces that are managed in environmentally sustainable ways.

It is hard to be positive about the future in the face of such human stupidity and corruption, so says Kathriona Devereux as she reflects on COP26

Vera O'Riordan was part of the UCC delegation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26

Farming can and will continue, but we cannot continue, lemming-like, in just producing product for cash, so says John Arnold

Mary Walsh, Executive Scientist in the Sports and Sustainability Department, part of the Community , Culture and Placemaking Directorate at Cork City Council, talks about moving towards a Circular Economy

NEW research from University College Cork has found that almost two-thirds of the urban landscape of Cork city supports biodiversity. The research also found that almost four in 10 types of bird in Cork’s urban environment is a vulnerable species.

To castigate young people for protesting is, quite frankly, insulting, says Colette Sheridan in her weekly column

If we are to address climate change it’s our politicians who will do this, at the behest of us: The voters, so says John Dolan in his weekly column

RHODA JENNINGS is part of a UCC delegation attending COP26. Here she reflects on the history of climate change and the annual conference, which is currently underway

Teaching our kids to put rubbish in the bin should be one of the first civic responsible things we teach them.

THE Munster chairman of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that he hopes Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will stand up for farmers at the Cabinet table in terms of delivering support and achieving and delivering targets that ...

A Cork conservation group is exploring the potential for a high-quality biodiversity reserve to be established at Clogheen Marsh, near Clonakilty.

"With an abundance of offshore wind and water available to us, we can produce real fuel alternatives to help deliver Ireland’s energy transition."

Calls have been made to pilot free travel in Cork, starting with a trial for students at certain hours as a means of cutting down on school traffic and benefiting the environment.

A new initiative is aiming to help tackle the waste stream in Ireland in a colourful way - by upcycling paint that would otherwise be exported for treatment.

"We never realised how much plastic was in the products we had been using since we were teenagers." 

Cork City Rotary Club, in conjunction with Cork City Council and Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLA), are calling on the people of Cork to donate their unwanted bicycles in aid of the ‘Bikes for Africa’ project.

Researchers from Cork City Council and University College Cork (UCC) will hold a free virtual public talk on Cork’s air quality next month as part of UCC Community Week 2021.

CORK City Council has confirmed that a Tree Officer has been appointed and that the successful candidate started in the newly created role this week.

Cork City Council have installed a network of air quality monitors at various locations across the city. 

A MATTRESS collection will take place in Cork tomorrow in a bid to help prevent the dumping of mattresses across the city. The Mattress Drop-Off will take place on Wednesday at Tramore Valley Car Park, Ballinlough between 9 am and 1 pm.

The Big Beach Clean up takes place from September 17 to 19. AGNESE SANTORO tells us how we can get involved

This September, resist the fast fashion splurges and embrace the world of second-hand and vintage clothing so says Kathriona Devereux

A number of busy hubs in Cork’s metropolitan area are lacking Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations, frustrated local councillors and EV owners have said. Ballincollig and Glanmire are without an EV charging station.

INDIVIDUALS, businesses, community groups, and organisations across Cork have until this Friday to enter the Pakman Awards.

Cork City Council recently launched their Air Quality Strategy, 2021-2016. Here, Dave Joyce, Cork City Council Director of Operations, tells us more about the plan’s ambitions in the years ahead

Parents must promote ‘Active Travel’ when schools return and make use of new work-life balance, says Ciaran Dineen, a journalist and Masters student, studying Urban Planning at UCC

We act like the consequences of climate change are far away, somewhere vaguely in the future, says Colette Sheridan in her weekly column

If humanity is to survive, we have to break up with ‘stuff’ and turn our back on our consumerist urges for shiny, new things, so says Kathriona Devereux

There have been calls made to pilot free travel in Cork.

The Lord Mayor of Cork was today publicly challenged by a rough sleeper over the €350,000 spend on the new ‘CityTrees’.

Cork City Council became the first local authority in the country to launch an air quality strategy today - a plan which sets out short, medium, and long-term initiatives to improve air quality in the city.

Two of the country’s leading green energy companies – Cork based Energy Services and Straightline Energy Solutions in Kerry – have announced a merger that is expected to create 80 new jobs.