Caroline O'Doherty

@codohertynews

Environment Correspondent at the Irish Independent. Views personal. DMs open. [email protected]

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Joined August 2010

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Nov 7

60 seconds to make sense of Cop29 #ClimateCrisis #Cop29 m.independent.ie/videos/irish-n…

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · 18 h

Interesting references to agriculture in Tax Strategy Group papers: Tax group points out inconsistency in greenhouse gas taxes as farms escape cost | Irish Independent share.google/2Pd3euwFzNFOnb…

codohertynews's tweet card. The Government’s Tax Strategy Group has put a spotlight on greenhouse gas-related taxes, pointing out that the country’s biggest emitting sector pays none.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · 18 h

The idea has been mooching around for a while - is this the year it becomes policy? Weight tax for SUVs now on the table for Budget 2026 as strategy papers offer a glimpse at potential measures | Irish Independent share.google/NozWA2gVq2tYj6…

codohertynews's tweet card. A tax on family SUVs is being considered among a number of options ahead of Budget 2026.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 24

The home energy upgrade loan scheme has had a slow start. Minister @DarraghOBrienTD is planning a marketing campaign but @sinnfeinireland's Pa Daly says it needs a complete overhaul Multi-million euro retrofit loan scheme under review share.google/g8h0STUPdjGNOV…

codohertynews's tweet card. A flagship scheme to encourage homeowners to retrofit is being reviewed after struggling to take off.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 24

Hosepipe bans extended from this weekend & 50 water supplies now in drought Uisce Éireann places four more counties under hosepipe bans this weekend as supplies at critical levels | Irish Independent share.google/4aE44SJHQM8TzW…

codohertynews's tweet card. Four more counties will be subject to hosepipe bans from Saturday as water supplies drop to ever more critical levels.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 23

If they're not registered, their quality can't be independently checked - the private-but-public drinking water supplies that have @EPAIreland worried about contamination risks share.google/EDINeuyelN8JqT…

codohertynews's tweet card. Rural drinking water supplies that are a potential public health risk are escaping detection because there is no requirement to register them with monitor...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 23

The €275bn National Development Plan - how is the figure reached, who will really make the decisions about how it's spent & what effect will it have on the Climate and Nature Fund m.independent.ie/irish-news/exp…

codohertynews's tweet card. We can’t say we weren’t warned.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 22

DAA radio ad promised to halve airport emissions. Would listeners know the pledge didn't extend to fuel used in the plane take-offs & landings that make up the airport's main business? @LNBDublin thought not - @AdStandardsIRE agreed share.google/1Vyb2PSydsvyuH…

codohertynews's tweet card. DAA breached advertising rules when it ran a radio ad voiced by Marty Whelan talking up its plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Barra Best@barrabest · Jul 21

Visitors had to be rescued from County Fermanagh’s Marble Arch Caves on Sunday after torrential rain hit. All out safe and well. Video footage from Alistair and Kim Mahon Hay.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 19

Delays, opt-out clauses & measures under consideration rather than commitment - the 2nd phase of the National Road Safety Strategy was published this week & campaigners see it as a rollback on Government promises m.independent.ie/irish-news/pla…

codohertynews's tweet card. Plans to lower national speed limits to help reduce road deaths have been gutted, with start dates pushed back and opt-out clauses added.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 17

Hold-ups in sourcing key equipment are delaying electricity connections, says networks boss - it's now taking 2 years to get a large transformer ESB boss acknowledges stress caused to 80 families locked out of new homes without power | Irish Independent share.google/JtTd8ORYazUEWy…

codohertynews's tweet card. The head of the electricity network has acknowledged the stress suffered by families prevented from moving into their new homes because their estate has no...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 16

For the first time, private firms & individuals will be able to build their own electricity network - @DarraghOBrienTD says everyone from large energy users (data centres) to EV owners will benefit share.google/k1nhwmGniSN79G…

codohertynews's tweet card. New moves to free up electricity connections will allow power plants lay cables directly to customers, enable neighbours share self-generated power and sup...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 16

The @CCACIreland is very worried about failing forestry & Michael Healy Rae's plan for it. But on agriculture generally, it says the sector could almost reach its emissions cuts targets if only all the identified measures were implemented (but they're not) share.google/wMrh0LBbJMah1G…

codohertynews's tweet card. Ireland’s plan to plant almost half-a-billion trees to help counteract greenhouse gas emissions has been unsuccessful, climate change experts have warned.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 14

A-rated homes with electric heat pumps & EV chargers but no actual electricity. We've heard lots about Ireland's stretched electricity network - here's the human face of the problem. share.google/zFeu3MvQXjmIgs…

codohertynews's tweet card. Half the country’s electricity substations have little or no capacity to connect new housing or other developments, analysis of the power network shows.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 11

Flagship energy project hits a snag - @EirGrid & partner @rte_france say it will be spring 2028 at earliest before power is flowing Celtic Interconnector: Delay hits first undersea electricity interconnector between Cork and France | Irish Independent share.google/jeLP5MeITEygd1…

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 10

Back to the future please - @Coalition2030IR pushing to get Future Generations Bill back on agenda Government urged to revive draft law requiring all policies to plan for future | Irish Independent m.independent.ie/irish-news/gov…

codohertynews's tweet card. A group of non-profit organisations is urging the Government to revive a draft law that would require all policies to plan for decades beyond the present t...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 8

The changes to apartment size & spec rules explained & how developments already approved will be allowed change spec without fresh planning permission Smaller units, fewer windows, less shared space – how new regulations will shape apartments share.google/2THCyjTtjDcnfc…

codohertynews's tweet card. New apartment building regulations have been introduced that will allow smaller units, fewer windows and balconies and less communal internal space.

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 5

Darragh O’Brien dismisses as 'speculative' warnings that Ireland faces emissions fines up to €26bn - but just in case, he's working to convince EU to frame any financial penalty as an order to invest in cutting emissions. @WhitmoreJen says he's delusional share.google/Lkv6QBLMdQmfRk…

codohertynews's tweet card. Climate Minister Darragh O’Brien has said he hopes to head off any EU fines Ireland may face for failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions by pushing Brussel...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynews · Jul 4

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions fell 2% in 2024 but by tweaks rather than transformative changes to the way we live - @EPAIreland warns we've a long way to go Emissions fall for third year but still ‘not at scale and pace needed’ share.google/A65aPZIFlANzwF…

codohertynews's tweet card. Ireland’s contribution to global heating reduced slightly last year but the country’s greenhouse gas emissions remain too high.

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