Parents for the Planet: ‘Government is still very timid in taking action’

I have wondered why Ireland has, until recently, been such a climate action laggard. I think it’s because we’ve always had this image of ourselves as green. The countryside is green. The flag too.

Apart from six counties in the North-East, we had not had the industrial revolution on a grand scale here. So our historical image of ourselves, which extended somewhat to our low environmental footprint, was to some degree, correct.