Caroline O'Doherty

Latest on case that has sparked intervention by UN rapporteur on environmental defenders @ForstMichel High Court allows company have Garda statement in order to sue environmentalist irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

Vapes implicated in bin lorry and sorting centre fires that cost €100m over three years irishtimes.com/environment/20…

.... and @claireoconnell meets the DCU professor researching the future of fermentation irishtimes.com/science/2026/0…

....while @spmathieson explores the growing non-culinary uses for mycelium.... irishtimes.com/science/2026/0…

In this week's Science & Climate in @IrishTimes, a visit to Bull Island by @whittledaway provides a reminder of how precious it is and how sorely neglected its needs have been.... irishtimes.com/environment/20…

...The Coolmore case: irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

The Coolmore case has put hedgerows in the spotlight - a look here at why they are important and (meant to be) protected irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Data backs the anecdotal evidence- energy transition grants favour the well-off. Research by @brian_caulfield & Abhilash C Singh @tcddublin EVs, solar panels and heat pumps concentrated in affluent areas of Ireland irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

"The sector does not operate within planning or environmental laws" says the EPA. Yet commercial peat extractors exported €40m worth of the product in plain sight last year irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Research points to need for mental health supports to be among help provided in communities hit by floods - joint study by DCU, Trinity & @NCIRL for @CCACIreland irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Case taken by @foeireland @ClientEarth & Friends of the Irish Environment against energy regulator over new data centre policy irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Journalism prize established in memory of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/0…

An Taisce seeks judicial review of nitrates action programme - new challenge launched to latest version of the programme irishtimes.com/environment/20…

A step towards Ireland's first Nature Restoration Plan - communities have their say on what must be done irishtimes.com/environment/20…

The rains have stopped (for now) but the costs of two months of downpours and a storm continue to mount in many different ways irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

...... and Cormac O'Raifeartaigh explains why membership of CERN @CERN is good for Irish science irishtimes.com/science/2026/0…

....while @KOSullivanIT looks at what's happening with biomethane...... irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

In Science & Climate in @IrishTimes, @think_or_swim finds la pura vida in Costa Rica...... irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Low smoke doesn't mean low risk - smokeless fuels cause health risks as previously unknown pollutants found. Research led by @ovadnevaite @uniofgalway irishtimes.com/health/2026/03…

......Yvonne Buckley and guest contributors Sam Harrison reveal why, despite the ordeal it can be, menopause serves animals well in the rare cases where it occurs irishtimes.com/science/2026/0…

..... @SadhbhO says banking on future tech for solutions to climate change is a distraction from action now and..... irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

In the current Science & Climate in @IrishTimes, @sthompsonIT meets women who want to nurture nature and nutrition as they farm while... irishtimes.com/environment/20…