Re the dreary turf war between Luas and Irish Rail over Broadstone, which according to today’s Irish Times Luas and the RPA have won (sub. required), what a pity there isn’t the imagination in Dublin that the Brazilian city of Curtiba was fortunate enough to have in the person of Jaime Lerner.
With maverick flair [...]

We all know the one about how, if every bulb in the country was changed to economic cfls (or leds, when the time comes), we could close down a power station or two.
But this is something that has only recently been discovered.
It turns out, that if all United States power companies were to [...]

The Irish Times has been running a Negotiations for Government section in their letters page, so I thought I’d send a brief note: Peak Oil 2010. End of Story. . Just that. I don’t think it made it from the huge pile the editor undoubted receives.
Or maybe the editorial staff, in common with [...]

Kudos where they are due: Ireland has joined with Norway, Iceland and Austria to campaign against the use of nuclear energy.
Liam Reid reports in The Irish Times (sub only)
Ireland has joined three northern European countries to launch an international campaign against the use of nuclear energy as a solution to climate change.
The group, which includes [...]