A great green carbuncle on the national backside.
Voters are anxious
39% of funds allocated elsewhere
Targets set abroad
In an effort to soften the unpopular impact of carbon taxes, the green political lobby have coined the terms “Climate Justice” and “a just transition”.
The country is rarely able to have more than one major issue debated concurrently. Right now, immigration is the issue dominating the airwaves.
Asked why Ireland is raising carbon tax when its emissions are a fraction of a percent of the world total, Finance Minister Michael McGrath says he hears this point “quite often”. However, he says “We have to play our part” because “we are part of a collective European Union.”
“These are the highest prices reported in 2024.”
Dramatic figures.
It’s very likely that over the coming few years, the unpopularity of the net zero agenda will be the next big issue to divide the Irish public from those who rule us.
At the Farmers Protest in Dublin City Centre 14th January 2020
Irish Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue says “it’s not possible to say at this time” whether Ireland will have “carbon labelling” for food products in the future.