OLDER people and commuters should be allowed to use school buses as one option to providing public transport in rural areas, according to Irish Rural Link (IRL).

The Government is being asked to combat environmental damage by replacing motor taxes like VRT with a radical new charge.

Comhar - the Sustainable Development Council - has welcomed today’s Budget announcement that Motor Tax and VRT will be altered to favour cars with relatively low levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

People who drive gas-guzzling cars or put numerous bathrooms in their homes should be charged for the environmental impact, a Government advisor insisted today.

THE Government is considering banning incandescent light bulbs as one of a number of ways to fight climate change.