CLIMATE change protesters in Belfast joined activists across the world to demand urgent action to limit global warning.

The Taoiseach called on leaders to accept the link between the climate crisis and conflicts across the globe.

Managing director Niall Gleeson said current arrangements, where the utility works alongside 31 local authorities, is ‘not fit for purpose’.

An Irish gardener who won a gold medal at this year's Chelsea Flower Show has described his victory as a "unique experience".

AN Arctic walrus, who won fans when he was spotted in the waters off Co Kerry, has been sighted in Iceland.

CAMPAIGNS by indigenous people in north America are preventing projects equal to at least one quarter of US and Canadian greenhouse gas pollution.

THE north’s first-ever climate festival is to be held in Belfast on Sunday.

Members of Extinction Rebellion and other activists demonstrated outside Leinster House this morning.

Proposed legislation to set carbon reduction targets for the region would fall away if the institutions implode.

MY rowan tree boughs, heavily laden with clusters of scarlet berries provide a meeting point for local blackbirds, enthusiastic again after their moult and happy to feast on the rich cache of food.

Rathlin Island is renowned for puffins but their population has declined by over 50% in recent years.

PLANS to preserve the seabird colony on Rathlin Island have been welcomed.

A giant sunflower grown by green-fingered couple has become an unlikely south Belfast tourist attraction.

EDWIN Poots and Green leader Clare Bailey have held talks around what the agriculture and environment minister describes as a "progression or amalgamation" of Stormont's two climate change bills.

NORTHERN Ireland's largest ever coastal clean-up is planned for later this month - if enough volunteers turn up.

IRELAND is not widely regarded as a dangerous place to live when it comes to animals or poisonous species.

I have had the great pleasure of the seeing Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader live on several occasions.

There are many reasons to grow runner beans but eating them isn't necessarily one.

SUMMER 2021 has been a season with a difference, without doubt.

RESIDENTS living close to a Co Antrim landfill site have launched a legal action over an alleged infringement of their human rights.