Oireachtas committee backs plan for free public transport by 2030

Transport accounts for a fifth of Ireland's total greenhouse gas emissions and massive changes will be needed to halve that by 2030.

Free public transport, reviewing large road projects, and pushing cars out of city centres are all among the recommendations of an Oireachtas committee report on the transport sector.

The Joint Committee on the Environment and Climate Action has been looking at how Ireland can reduce transport emissions by 51% by the end of the decade.