MEPs urged to act over palm oil plantation controversy

More than half of packaged products consumed in the Western world contain palm oil, with the likes of ice cream, washing powder, and soap all containing the substance.

Some 20 organisations protested at Dublin's St Stephen's Green calling for Irish MEPs to take action on the environmentally destructive issue of palm oil plantations. 

The Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (ICBHR), made up of organisations such as Trócaire, Oxfam Ireland, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Friends of the Earth, and the National Women's Council, came together for a stunt that involved an imaginary palm oil plantation at the iconic Dublin location.