'It is costing 1,500 lives a year' - FF TD calls for nationwide smoky coal ban

A Fianna Fáil TD is calling on the Government to make the smoky coal ban nationwide as it makes no sense to have such an “ad hoc and arbitrary manner”.

On RTÉ radio One's Morning Ireland show, James Browne asked why the ban cannot be extended nationwide given that the Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly highlighted the serious air quality issues caused by smoky coal.