'Maddening' that Sinn Féin refuses to give emissions target for farmers

The refusal of Sinn Féin and others to state where they stand on reducing greenhouse gases is "sadly inevitable, but maddening", a leading climate expert has said.

As the three Government leaders were locked in talks late last night to find an agreement on the carbon cuts that will have to be made by farmers, the main Opposition party came out to say it does not hold any position on the critical climate change issue.