Irish Examiner view: Banning advertising for cars would be hard to sell

TD says the ubiquity of car adverts flies in the face of the climate action Ireland has to take — but that outlook will meet considerable resistance, and not just from the auto industry

Limerick City Green TD Brian Leddin said: 'We need as many people as we can to shift to bikes, e-bikes, public transport, and walking.' File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews

With hotter weather comes an increase in feverish ideas about how to combat the climate crisis with one of the latest decrying the “bombardment” of Irish citizens with car advertising and the “insidious” cumulative impact on our desire to invest in the internal combustion engine.

Oireachtas climate committee chairman, Green Party Limerick City TD Brian Leddin, says “almost constant” advertising of cars on radio, television, and podcasts flies in the face of the action required to reduce emissions.