Mick Clifford: Greens the only honest party on climate 

Eamon Ryan, Micheál Martin, and Leo Varadkar. The Taoiseach said the Green Party’s priority in government was emissions reduction targets. In this analysis, climate change is a Green Party 'thing' rather than a threat to the way we live.

The following is a political statement issued this week by the Rural Independent Group of TDs in the Dáil. The headline went: Government Secret Plot to Massacre Our Precious Cows.

The text began: “In an outrageous display of sheer lunacy, the government has been caught red-handed in a diabolical scheme to exterminate our bovine population. While spineless politicians obediently acquiesced to the dogma of climate change-enabling legislation in 2021 — legislation that paves the way for this madness — only the Rural Independent TDs had the courage to challenge this abomination.”