‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir

Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote

Chinese battery giant announces long-lasting EV battery

Four years on from UK’s official departure from the EU, the Irish economy is relatively untrammelled by the new arrangements

It was due to be held in June, but the failure to pass the family and care amendments have made this uncertain

Onshore wind and solar could provide 226TWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth

Sharp increase in temperatures over past year has surprised many scientists

Twenty-nine days of rainfall recorded in some areas

Sales of regular hybrids are up 19.5% while plug-in hybrids rose 10.7%; even diesels are up 9%

We do not have the scale of public and private investment in infrastructure to move towards greener energy and more sustainable lifestyles

UN weather agency says 2024 could be worse as report details significant plunge in Antarctic sea ice

Student numbers in newly created third-level institutions have dropped over the past two years. The sector now faces strong headwinds

Government’s strategic housing development system was intended to speed up delivery but was scrapped after it generated a multiple legal cases

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declined to say if it will have households notified in areas where drinking water has unacceptable levels of ...

The notion of creating a 200kmph (124mph) rail link between Portadown and Londonderry city is simply “ridiculous”, says an expert in transport policy.

SFI has become a flagship funder of scientific research in our universities, with corresponding aid to industry for collaborative research via the IDA and Enterprise Ireland

Four dams along the Klamath River in Northern California and Southern Oregon devastated the wild salmon population, which could no longer swim upstream.