Ireland must double green energy use to meet EU targets and is developing guidelines to help local authorities set up renewable energy projects to achieve this. tonnes of C02 emissions in Ireland but it is still a long way from meeting its 2020 binding target Last year renewable energy saved 3.6m MORE >>

Northern Ireland's Environment Minister Alex Attwood has called on the country to step up to the challenge of becoming a world leader in carbon reduction. According to Attwood, the "green and clean" brand of Ireland could be grown if NI was and was seen as, a carbon leader - and leading on climate change is central to achieving this. MORE >>

According to the label on a package of berries I bought in a local store in Ireland, the cherries came from Israel, the strawberries from Egypt, the blueberries from Chile and the raspberries from the United States. First thing: All of these berries grow in Ireland. Green Food. Something didn’t seem quite right about this. MORE >>

Government budget reports are never the most exciting of news stories, especially if haven’t paid any attention to math since high school, but over in Ireland this month, the Irish government announced their first ever carbon budget. ” From July 2008, car buyers will also have an extra incentive to purchase green cars. MORE >>

Picus viridis , the European Green Woodpecker is a bird that I longed to see during my early days as a feeder watcher. Green Woodpeckers prefer to eat ants and will more usually be found feeding on the ground in fields and rough pasture than at a feeding table. The corresponding feature on the female (below) is entirely black. MORE >>