Candidates pledge to support environmental causes if elected

Candidates competing for a seat in the EU parliament have pledged to support environmental causes if elected to Europe and criticised the Coalition for failing to agree binding targets for climate change.

Environmental rights for citizens should be enshrined in the Constitution, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said during a debate between Dublin candidates yesterday.

Independent and MEP Nessa Childers admitted she sometimes pressed the wrong buttons which resulted in her voting the wrong way on issues in the parliament.