The Green Transition Fund will have two elements, the Climate Planning Fund for Business and the Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund for the manufacturing industry

“Taking climate action is often about being imaginative,” said Denise Charlton, chief executive of the Community Foundation.

'This is not a complex piece of legislation and it is truly shocking that the Department of the Environment is not moving more quickly.'

Liz Dunphy meets Sioned Jones, a grandmother on a mission to stand up for biodiversity against Coillte monoculture planting