Ireland 'embarrassingly bad' after '30 years of inaction' on biodiversity crisis

Extinction Rebellion and the Irish Wildlife Trust said that while individual consumers and private companies can play their part in halting biodiversity loss, only the introduction of a Biodiversity Act, on par with the 2021 Climate Act, would ensure responsibility and accountability for protecting wildlife across all sectors and Government departments. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

An act of legislation tackling the biodiversity crisis must be enacted to go hand-in-hand with the recent Climate Act, or Ireland will keep adding to its "30 years of inaction".

That is according to protesters who took part in a demonstration at Dublin Castle on Wednesday, as the first of a two-day National Biodiversity Conference organised by Government departments took place.