Ireland's ‘cynical approach’ on climate change criticised

Ireland is in danger of becoming an international pariah because of its cynical approach to climate change, a leading member of An Taisce has warned.

John Gibbons, a member of An Taisce’s climate change committee, said Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s admission that Ireland will miss its targets for cutting gas emissions from agriculture and blaming it on the economic crisis is not acceptable.

The country would face huge fines as a result, and the agriculture industry should have to pay a levy to offset this, he said.