Tonnes of hot air up for grabs as Greens head for Waterford

TWENTY thousand tonnes of hot air are up for grabs in Waterford, as the Green Party arrives in town today for its annual conference.

The 20,000 tonnes of carbon emissions – unused by the now strangled Waterford Crystal – are being offered for sale across Europe by asset valuers and auctioneers McKays.

“It’s a first for us, we’ve never sold anything like this before, and we’ve sold just about everything, from sewing machines and forklifts, to helicopters,” says Dublin-based Robert McKay, selling the air over the ether of online tender.