Séamas O'Reilly: We don’t have to like the actions of protesters to know their cause is not merely worthwhile, it is our own

Debate is sensible if muted ... in a country [Ireland] where the spectre of “global warming” has, for some people, the ring of being threatened with a good time

Séamas O'Reilly. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan

Back in Ireland this week, I was aware that the weather was fairly temperate.

“Fierce mild” as several people said, in that charming oxymoron used for this kind of blip in the forecast.