Taoiseach says 'pragmatic solution' can be found amid turf ban row

Former minister, Michael Ring, described the proposed turf-cutting restrictions as 'the wrong regulations at the wrong time'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin pointed out that Dublin had been a 'very polluted city environment' in the 1990s when 'smoky coal was all over the place'. Picture: Eamon Ward/PA Wire

The Taoiseach has said he believes “a pragmatic solution” can be found to introduce regulations that will ban the commercial sale of turf.

Speaking on RTÉ radio on his way into Tuesday morning’s Cabinet meeting, Micheál Martin pointed out that Dublin had been a “very polluted city environment” in the 1990s when “smoky coal was all over the place”.