Environment officials clocked up 1,900 flights before pandemic grounded air travel

Civil servants running Ireland’s battle against climate change clocked up over 1,900 flights in the year before the pandemic grounded air travel. 

Civil servants running Ireland’s battle against climate change clocked up over 1,900 flights in the year before the pandemic grounded air travel. 

Information provided to the Irish Examiner revealed air travel with the Government department overseeing climate mitigations measures was on the increase in 2019, the same year a raft of “urgent” initiatives were first announced in the Climate Action Plan.