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# sustainable - Saturday 23 November, 2019
Community-owned wind power and electric cars: How the Aran Islands want to go green
The islands are aiming to become “energy independent” by 2022.
# sustainable - Sunday 13 October, 2019
Saoirse McHugh: Fast fashion is hard to escape, but it is damaging our environment
There is no room, environmentally or socially, for fast fashion anymore, writes Saoirse McHugh of the Green Party.
# sustainable - Tuesday 13 August, 2019
'A shambles': Homeowners angry after funding stops for pilot grant scheme to help retrofit homes
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland said there was no more funding available.
# sustainable - Friday 8 February, 2019
All medals for Tokyo 2020 to be made from recycled electronic waste, say organisers
For the 2016 Olympics in Rio, some 30 percent of the silver and bronze in medals came from recycled materials.
# sustainable - Friday 1 February, 2019
Veganuary is over, but Holly White tells us how to keep a cruelty-free beauty regime
Beauty with a conscious.
# sustainable - Saturday 2 June, 2018
Blackcurrant waste from Ribena production could create 'natural' hair dye
Some of the ingredients found in commonly used synthetic hair dyes can trigger allergic reactions.
# sustainable - Thursday 22 March, 2018
'Almost impossible' to estimate how sustainable economy growth is, says ESRI
The ESRI has called for a new method of calculating national accounts to tell if the economy is at risk of overheating.
# sustainable - Thursday 29 June, 2017
Almost 600,000 tonnes of packaging were recycled in Ireland last year
There was a significant increase in the level of plastic recycled.
# sustainable - Thursday 15 January, 2015
Could Belfast be the answer to your property woes?
The property market in Northern Ireland’s first city is set for growth in 2015.
# sustainable - Friday 11 October, 2013
ESB to develop energy efficient headquarters on Fitzwilliam Street
The company said the new building will showcase innovative technologies that will reduce the running costs by 50 per cent.
# sustainable - Friday 28 December, 2012
Free Dublin Bikes for EU delegates during presidency
It is part of a range of cost-saving measures being employed to almost halve the cost of Ireland’s presidency of the EU.
# sustainable - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Objections to proposed Galway Bay organic fish farm
The Irish Wildlife Trust says it has concerns about sea lice infestation, pollution and harmful algal blooms.
# sustainable - Saturday 24 March, 2012
The home of the future? One man’s vision
A stonemason and thatcher in Co Mayo has revealed his vision for building a home that independent of fossil fuels and free from pollution.
# sustainable - Tuesday 1 March, 2011
EU may change rule requiring fish to be thrown back into sea
Fishermen are currently supposed to throw back any fish over strict quotas, even though they are perfectly edible.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (3542)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (2010)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (1398)
I'm not sure / no opinion (1100)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Wellness Wednesday: IBS is no joke, but there are simple things you can do to help yourself
By Dr Deirdre G. O'Donovan
Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
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