"Green" policies are destroying this country

They can't put it out in the first place, they let it burn. It takes days.

Its easy to understand why there is confusion about Sinn Féin's policies on all the various issues. They either change with such regularity or are so opaque that nobody could be expected to have any clarity.

I fully expect them to mirror the Tories volte-face on green issues at some point between now and the three upcoming elections. But probably not for long.

Exactly, Sinn Fein have as much interest in drilling as they have in learning to play the Lambeg drum. In power, they would have enough enemies within the Irish establishment, picking a fight with the EU over Climate Change™ would be a battle they don't pick. The most likely formation to inhibit climate action would be a coalition with a group of independents.

So anyone who questions Green Party policy based on economic viability, cost to the consummer, energy security, putting all our eggs in the wind basket, etc, etc, has no been re-classified from being climate denier heretics to being anti environment people have they ?

How are carbon taxes fully avoidable, by stealing a bike and going to live in a cave ? The Green Party support, such as it is, comes from those well off leafy suburbs and idealistic 18 -24 year olds where I`d wager many are still relying on the bank of Mum and Dad. The only people who can avoid carbon taxes or afford any of the rest of these upgrades are those well enough off without it making much of a dent. Not so for the ordinary householders. Far as I`m concerned any state aid to anyone recieving assistance to avail of these initiatives should be means tested. But then whose vote is that going to have the most detrimental effect on. Great idea on rolling out of all those schemes similar to the compulsory water meters. That was such a massive success

Far as I recall, did you not post that smart meters were a con ?

If the public fully support Green Party policy then the opinion polls give no indication that they do. They are consistently polling within the margin of error with half the support they recieved in the G.E. As you say in government formation talks all party`s have their red lines, but when it came to the reduction of cattle numbers it seems the Green Party neglected to mention it when we saw them last year threatening to walk if they didn`t get their way, and I don`t remember a Green Party red line being the banning of all forms of LNG. I do remember them proposing a bill last year to do so though.

Whoever these anti environment people of yours are I dont know anyone that is not in favour of improving public transport, reducing carbon emissions or replacing fossil fuels over time The problem with greens is that they have an ideological wish list where it all has happen tomorrow without a single idea on how to do that which would not flush our economy down the toilet. Their energy policy is economically bat **** crazy and the one plan that has been costed based on another item of their wish rail for everybody in the audience is no better.

The Irish Green Party are suffering a backlash similar to the government in the Netherlands on farming and the E.U Commission on their Nature Restoration Law. They have over-reached with their wish list and timelines. When it comes to money people are not stupid. They know there are no magic money trees and that they are ones that would be paying for that over-reaching. They have only to look back a few years to see how that worked out for them with the banking property bubble, or even your water meters roll out plan..

The irony, is that the one for everyone over-reching wish list plan they did cost on rail ended up with even the authors saying it would make no difference to road usage even after a €36 Bn investment, is that will now stick in the piblic memory and make it more difficult to to get public acceptance for moneies spent on areas of the rail network that make practical and economic sense.

If their is one thing that cannot be said about SF it`s that they are not very acrobatic where needs must on policy is concerned.

If there is one party that wll be hunting down green seats in the next GE it is SF where greens ended up with seats due to SF not running enough candidates last time out.

There are a few items on that list that are not in line with Green Party policy though.

If greens favour geothermal, how does that differ to any great extent from fracking, and at least SF had enough sense not to look for a ban on domestic turf burning, where frankly greens made fools of themselves with their proposal.

The no exploration or drilling on or offshore doesn`t really fit with the Irish Green policy either when you are handing out licences for gold and silver exploration, but then SF have mastered vagueness when it comes to policy.

Some of the current "green" initiatives are really only a feel good factor! ☺️

I am a left winger turned right winger just by standing still. Not even an old fashioned age thing either. Progressives ask questions. Those who move to prevent those asking questions and want arbitrary stringent compliance rules not based on logic or science but are driven by ideology are the enemy as far as i am concerned. Have and always will be..

If you want to call me a Trump or Putin lover or fascist or nazi you are welcome to it. Just an indication of your stupidity. Ignore..

You must be rolling around the flour in hysterics of laughter on Germany so.

They are back strip mining coal due to closing the last of their nuclear plants that were providing 6% of their electricity, and in October 2022 called for E.U. states to work with countries that can develope new gas fields. They are also, in conjunction with the Netherlands, going back to drilling for gas in the North Sea.