Eamon Ryan at odds with Leo Varadkar over proposed EU rewetting scheme

Mr Varadkar said in the Dáil earlier this week that so-called 'rewetting' of land on a large scale would be going too far

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has blasted 'scaremongering' around the EU’s proposed Nature Restoration Law.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has blasted “scaremongering” around the EU’s proposed Nature Restoration Law, contradicting the position of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who has said parts of the proposal “go too far”.

In the latest sign of the ramping-up of tensions between the government parties, Mr Ryan told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual climate change conference that he "absolutely, fundamentally disagrees" with those claiming the law would harm family farming.