Environment

Hosepipe ban

EDITORIAL

Will you report your neighbour for breaking the hosepipe ban?

A month-long hosepipe ban has come into effect in the Greater Dublin region today, including parts of Wicklow,…

By Grace McGettigan

LIVING

Dublin hotspots are now serving compostable straws and we are delighted

Plastic straws are awful. Not only are they adding to the world’s ever-mounting landfill sites and among the…

By Geraldine Carton

STEM

EDITORIAL

These Irish Girl Guides invented sustainable water solutions with Lego

Science, technology, engineering and maths have been traditionally male-dominated sectors. But things are changing. Irish women are becoming…

By Grace McGettigan

Plastic pollution, gannets in Kerry

EDITORIAL

Irish birds are using plastic to build their nests as pollution worsens

Conservation officers have raised concern over the level of plastic pollution off the coast of County Kerry, particularly…

By Grace McGettigan

Bewleys

EDITORIAL

We love that Bewley’s has launched 100% recyclable coffee cups

Did you know takeaway coffee cups aren't generally recyclable? They might look like cardboard and feel like cardboard, but…

By Grace McGettigan

Flossie Donnelly, Sea Bin

EDITORIAL

We love the 11-year-old girl who installed Ireland’s first sea bin in Dun Laoghaire

Sea bins are unique devices designed to collect litter and debris from open waters. Developed in Australia by…

By Grace McGettigan