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Taoiseach tells EU he is not proud of Ireland’s role as Europe’s climate ‘laggard’

January 18th, 2018 Ireland is a climate “laggard” and needs to do a lot more to catch up with our European neighbours in tackling climate change, the Taoiseach told the European Parliament this week. Leo Varadkar gave his frank assessment of Ireland’s climate record following his speech on the future of Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 6 yearsJanuary 18, 2018 ago
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