Budget 'a scattered and inadequate response to climate crisis'

Friends of the Earth has described today's Budget as "scattered and inadequate in its response to the climate crisis".

The organization's director, Oisin Coghlan, said: "There are some piecemeal measures in the Budget that may, almost incidentally, reduce our carbon emissions. What's clearly missing is a coherent strategy for Ireland to play its part in preventing the climate crisis from becoming a climate crash."