ICNARC report on COVID-19 in critical care
<p>This report presents analyses of data on patients critically ill with confirmed COVID-19 reported to ICNARC up to 4pm on 16 April 2020 from critical care units participating in the Case Mix Programme
Ireland
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Storm Ewan sweeps across Ireland, flash floods and high winds lead to flight delays
DUBLIN, Ireland - Even as hundreds of passengers suffered due to flights being delayed at the Dublin Airport as Storm Ewan swept across Ireland on Sunday. Flash floods, triggered by the storm led to havoc
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Ireland just became the world's first country to stop investing in fossil fuels
Ireland has voted to be the world's first country to fully divest public money from fossil fuels. The Irish Parliament passed the historic legislation in a 90 to 53 vote in favour of dropping coal, oil
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Assessing the relative importance of parameter and forcing uncertainty and their interactions in conceptual hydrological model simulations
<p>Predictions of river flow dynamics provide vital information for many aspects of water management including water resource planning, climate adaptation, and flood and drought assessments. Many of the
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Teeth of Irish famine victims reveal scientific markers for starvation
Scientific evidence of starvation has been extracted from the teeth of people who died in the Great Famine in 19th century Ireland. It is the first time analysis of the stable isotopes of nitrogen and
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Numbers of children in consistent poverty almost doubles during recession
The proportion of children in consistent poverty almost doubled during the recession while women lost 6 per cent more of their income than men, a report from the independent think tank Tasc shows. Cherishing
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Ireland’s livestock agriculture and State’s land-use policy criticised
Report says amount of methane produced per head of cattle has increased since 1990 Ireland’s livestock agriculture is less climate-change efficient than the European average and the State’s land-use
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Development of high-resolution multi-scale modelling system for simulation of coastal-fluvial urban flooding
<p>A novel nested flood model (MSN_Flood) is applied to simulate complex coastal-fluvial urban flooding in order to critically examine the model's capability to forecast evolution of urban inundation.
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Fingal County Council issues warnings over three beaches
Portmarnock, Claremont and Sutton among seven beaches affected by sewage contamination Fingal County Council has warned bathers at Portmarnock, Claremont, and Sutton beaches to take extra care after
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New agreement to bolster offshore wind energy projects
The Government is to sign an agreement on Monday with nine northern European countries to further offshore wind-energy development. Industry lobby group, the National Offshore Wind Energy Association
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Days and nights are getting warmer, study finds
New research on climate change is said to have ‘significant ramifications’ for Ireland The gap between world daily maximum and minimum temperatures is getting narrower in a further sign of climate change,