Lauren Boland

Why is the government getting a ship for storing LNG - and why is it a climate problem? Cabinet has approved a plan to develop an emergency gas storage facility.

The government has approved a plan to develop an emergency gas reserve for Ireland, the fruit of years of reviewing Ireland's energy security and to-ing and fro-ing over how to respond.

So, what is it -- and why are environmentalists concerned?

http://jrnl.ie/6639204

Ireland could face up to €26 billion in penalties if it doesn't get its climate act together Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chair Seamus Coffey described it as a “clear case of being able to reduce a massive fiscal risk”.

Ireland could face up to €26 billion in extra payments if it doesn’t act swiftly to avoid missing climate targets

The cost of implementing climate action measures now would be cheaper than the cost of failing to take action, a new report tells the government

www.thejournal.ie/climate-acti...

Stood in today for @laurabyrne.bsky.social to present this week's episode of The Explainer 🎙️⬇️

The planned cost of a new children's hospital in Belfast has tripled before construction even starts It was originally envisioned that the hospital would open in 2020 — now, it will be at least the end of the decade before it’s operational.

The Northern Ireland Executive has announced that works are finally due to start on a new children's hospital in Belfast -- five years after the hospital was initially supposed to open. The planned cost has risen from £223 million to £671 million.

http://jrnl.ie/6627314