Ryan under fire from his own Government over briquette comments

Fianna Fáil's Barry Cowen slammed the minister for raising the prospect of a possible ban of peat  briquettes during the debate on the proposed ban on the sale of turf

 Minister Eamon Ryan TD. Picture: Sam Boal /Rollingnews.ie

Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan, has once again been criticised by a member of his own Government over comments that peat briquettes could be subject to a sale ban from September.

During a debate on the proposed ban on the sale of turf, Mr Ryan suggested that the manufacturers of peat briquettes will have to show their products will be below stated health standards.