Green New Deal is 'extraordinary' opportunity for Ireland

The Green New Deal gives Ireland an 'extraordinary' opportunity to help drive climate change, the conference heard. File Picture.

Ireland stands on the cusp of "extraordinary opportunities" as the EU embarks on the Green New Deal, which will be the biggest historic investment since World War 2 and full of so-called "moonshot" moments change in human history.

That is according to Dr John Bell, the Dublin native driving innovation and research at the European Commission, who was speaking to industry leaders about the €1.8trn revolution into cleaner and greener economies across the bloc.