Labour condemns Govt's 'spurious and irrelevant' arguments delaying smoky coal ban

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has accused the Government of using "spurious and irrelevant" arguments to stall an outright ban on smoky coal.

Mr Howlin accused both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of trying to use the issue for political gain and urged them to call off their political spat around smoky coal.