Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin cannot have it both ways on climate change

Party's green policy based on a transition that promises no disruption or pain for voters. This won't wash

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald at the Wind Energy Ireland’s conference with (from left) Peter Lynch of FuturEnergy Ireland and chairperson of Wind Energy Ireland; Cathal Hennessy, country chair for RWE Renewables; and Wind Energy Ireland CEO Noel Cunniffe. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

Mary Lou McDonald was the keynote speaker at the first national energy summit, convened last Tuesday in Croke Park.

The summit was conceived to bring together “industry experts and thought leaders from both the public and private sectors to find solutions to the issues facing us in securing our energy supply…to reach our 2030 targets and to meet the demands of our growing and decarbonising economy”.