"Green" policies are destroying this country

See the nitrates derogation cut due to not reaching targets

4 months allowed to reduce that's not going to happen

Guess who will pay the upcoming fines I'll give you a clue it won't be the farmers

Not mentioned because it's not true.

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Hello again. Here's more education.

There'll be no fines. What would happen is the farmer could be prosecuted or lose some of their payments for breaching the new limit. Only person directly impacted is the farmer for breaching the new lower limit, or having to reduce stocking rates or rent/buy more land.

Which part do you imagine is not true - the population growth or the sustainability of population growth that, in certain regions has doubled every twenty tears since 1960?

What fines are imposed on the taxpayer for dairy farmers (I purposely put dairy farmers there as they are the ones directly affected, despite N leaching from tillage being higher depending on the management of the tillage operation) breaching the derogation limits?

Ok, let's assume that it IS a problem. We know that in the West the population is declining. Let's not dwell on the problems that will cause for the near future which are large. So, let's take the developing world where the population has been growing because of wealth creation, more food (thanks to fertilizer), technology and better healthcare. In other words they have seen less death and more general progress. The West has mainly stolen their recources, especially in Africa. Colonialism, propping up corrupt regimes, regime change etc. They have woken up and now want to be able to self determine their future which includes hydrocarbons. Then the 'green' neo colonialists come and say: no no no, you can't. It's solar panels and wind turbines. That is the future and don't expect any loans to develop your own hydro carbon industry. And you have too many people so real growth is not really acceptable.

That is the western arrogance in a nut'Shell'. We know best. Listen to daddy. We will make it easy for you. Get green loans or die. Well, there is a reason BRICS+ is growing and attractive to newcomers.

The greens do not see that hydro carbons will make those developing countries wealthier and will see population decline western style somewhere along the way after an initial rise. Stopping hydrocarbons altogether will keep them poor and families will have more children. The Greens in their minds don't really care about people or their prosperity. They care only about their ideology. They will sacrifice everything on the altar of their righteousness. They think all the green energy stuff actually works. They want to believe it so badly they'll stop at nothing.

Where will this obsession with traffic end? Ryan really is losing the plot. Until such a time that it’s LAW for a cyclist to use the cycle lane, he’s wasting his time.

Now he wants to make Pearse Street a two way? And where is he coming from with car centric over the last 5,6,7,8 decades? Im not old enough to comment on 8 decades ago, 5,6,7 yes I can and I can assure You there were very few cars around 7 decades ago, and before someone ask for proof,/source, I am only speaking from experience.

Dublin will never sort out its traffic problems without ENFORCEMENT & a metro.

Sooner this country is rid of these loopers the better for everyone..

Had a look for this given the lack of link - would you happen to be plucking an article from 2021 (and ignoring all of the actions since administered?)

To add to above, I would have been considered in that "40%" statistic as it were, however when applying for a TAMS grant for something else, a department inspection (which literally ensures that you have adequate storage) showed that they completely missed counting an existing storage tank which would have put me well within the 60% "compliant" group. Same thing happened a friend of mine. Makes me wonder on the legitimacy of the stat to begin with.

I think people may be holding their breath in vain if they think jettisioning the Greens from the political landscape wiill make a jot of difference to the way the Govt thinks and acts. In reality this State has been governed by FF/FG since its inception and the Greens have been the latest convenient scapegoat for these parties to ram unpopular environmental policies down our throats, all so Leo/Michael can earn a pat on the head from their EU masters. Puppets on a string with a variable master dependimg on the topic of the day.

Still doesn't change the fact that we didn't meet the conditions for the derogation ie improved water quality

If solar panels are still working at 80% then I cannot see why householders would send them to developing nations.

Are you talking about large commercial wind installations doing so when their government contracts end ?