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New Year celebration with environmental responsibility and sustainable development.

Ireland ranks 9th in the Environmental Performance Index, indicating serious challenges in achieving our environmental goals. The most dangerous pollutants of groundwater in Ireland are nitrates from fertilizer use on land and microbial contamination from septic tanks and spreading of slurry.

Irish Rail’s long-awaited Dart+ West expansion is set to move forward after legal challenges from two local businesses were officially withdrawn, allowing the €1 billion project to proceed.

DUBLIN – The Irish government has announced how it plans to deploy the €14 billion recovered from Apple in back taxes, marking a significant boost to the country’s long-term infrastructure strategy.

Ireland has introduced a striking new weapon in the fight against gambling harm: a voluntary card-blocking tool that allows customers to disable all gambling payments from their debit cards. Under the scheme, “customers will be able to instantly disable gambling payments with a simple ‘switch’ function,” a move launched by the Irish Banking Culture Board in concert with AIB, Bank of Ireland, and PTSB.