- Read more: Addressing Trade-Offs in the Energy Transition
The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has published Addressing Trade-Offs in the Energy Transition.
- Read more: Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Energy System
The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has published a new report “Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Energy System”. This report “examines the energy transition across heat, transport and electricity. It uses innovative systems analysis tools to integrate insights from a range of disciplines and various stakeholders on the key drivers and constraints on…
- Read more: Missing the Boat: Port Infrastructure as a Critical Barrier to Offshore Wind Energy Development in Ireland
This policy paper draws on research conducted by academics based in Dublin City University (DCU) under the Next Generation Energy Systems (NexSys) research programme, which has identified limited port capacity as a key constraint for Ireland’s planned rollout of critical ORE projects. NexSys targeted project DVY_TP1 has explored key challenges in delivering offshore wind projects…
- Read more: Towards Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Trading: A Policy Pathway for Ireland’s Decentralised Energy Future
This brief proposes a phased roadmap to enable P2P energy trading in Ireland, examining the regulatory, technical, and community-based steps needed to support a more decentralised electricity system in Ireland
- Read more: First Progress Report of Climate Action Plan 2025
The Department of the Taoiseach published the ‘First Progress Report of Climate Action Plan 2024’ on 22 July 2025.
- Read more: Marginalised experiences in Ireland’s energy transition – moving towards a just and inclusive policy agenda
This article focuses on the acute policy challenges and interventions that are needed in the energy sector to address the uneven distribution of the cost and benefits of the energy transition for women, low-income groups, older people and rural communities, ensuring a more equitable and inclusive transition process in Ireland.
- Read more: Data Centres in Ireland
Given the looming threat of a mass exodus of data centres from Ireland, as warned by EirGrid (see Foxe, 2024), this paper examines the role of data centres in the Irish economy and the implications arising from their rapid growth.
- Read more: Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) Report 2024
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) 2024 report highlights the essential costs required for a dignified life in Ireland, and underscores the severe impact of inflation and rising living costs over recent years. The annual MESL update captures changes in the cost of the minimum basket of goods…
- Read more: What is preventing individual climate action? Impact awareness and perceived difficulties in changing transport and food behaviour
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has published a new report: What is preventing individual climate action? Impact awareness and perceived difficulties in changing transport and food behaviour. In this study, a nationally representative sample of 1,200 adults completed online diaries about their day and then listed the actions they thought mattered most for…
- Read more: Environmental Indicators Ireland 2023
The Central Statistics Office has released: “Environmental Indicators Ireland 2023”. Some of the findings include that Ireland had the second highest emissions of greenhouse gases per capita in the EU27 in 2021 at 12.3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Additionally, the proportion of municipal waste sent to landfill in Ireland fell from 74% in 2001 to…
