COP21: Ireland sets limits too low on climate targets

Enda Kenny believes Ireland should be exempt from EU emissions targets. Essentially, we have failed, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

The Taoiseach’s plea of poverty to allow Ireland as an exception to global climate change goals got a swift rebuke from several sources, but was firmly supported by the Irish Farmers’ Association.

Enda Kenny’s plea was the latest acknowledgement that Ireland has failed to put in place policies that are successfully addressing the global problems of climate change.