Ciarán Brennan: Government is letting bills mount up rather than deal with climate change

Ireland faces an eye-watering €26bn bill for missing EU climate targets but the Government is prioritising short-term economic growth over environmental protections
Ciarán Brennan: Government is letting bills mount up rather than deal with climate change

Even as we learned of the colossal bill Ireland faces for missing climate targets, we read that the environment minister seeks approval to develop of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.  

A stitch in time saves nine is not just some trite phrase trotted out by grandparents or told to students in a home economics class.

It is sage advice to fix a problem when it is small, rather than to wait and let it become a bigger and more costly issue.

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