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Energy crisis, water quality concerns and COP27 - Ireland's environmental wins and losses in 2022

We took a look back at the main environmental stories over the past 12 months to see what improvements have been made and where there’s still work to do

Irish Mirror

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan denies he 'hates rural Ireland' or that people in rural Ireland 'hate him'

'I think actually there's a lot of people in rural Ireland just like urban people, they want us to be good at being green'

Irish Mirror

Transport Minister hints at extension on cost of living supports such as cuts in excise for motorists

“Michael McGrath (Finance Minister) will have the key decision on that"

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Contactless payments on public transport could start to be in place by Easter

Mr Ryan also addressed the criticisms of public transport IT infrastructure

Irish Mirror

WA's Hakea Prison suspends Christmas Eve visits amid COVID-19 outbreak

Families have been left in the lurch after Hakea Prison, in Perth's south, cancelled family visits the day before Christmas Eve due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

ABC News

Seven huge wind farms could be built off the coast of five Irish counties and power millions of homes

The wind farms will be located off the coast of five Irish counties

Irish Mirror

Government to consider reintroducing mandatory mask wearing as Covid spikes

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan revealed the Government will consider reintroducing the measure

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Government will consider re-introducing mandatory mask-wearing amid fears Covid is making Christmas comeback

Covid cases are up 75% since the start of the month - and experts have advised people that they should wear masks.

Irish Mirror

Eamon Ryan cannot rule out congestion charges for motorists in bid to cut carbon emissions

“The plan rightly looked, in very detailed modelling assessment, at all the different options and we cannot rule [congestion charges] out”

Irish Mirror

Details of new youth restraint method for Banksia Hill Detention Centre will not be made public, department says

A new and undisclosed technique for restraining young people in detention in WA will not involve "a folding of the legs", but the Department of Justice says further details will not be released.

ABC News

Leo Varadkar returns as Ireland’s taoiseach in rotation agreement

Micheál Martin hands over to Fine Gael leader after two years at head of coalition government

The Guardian - UK

Taoiseach Micheal Martin defends Eamon Ryan over Dublin Airport weather chaos

Some Dublin Airport passengers were stuck on planes for up to six hours due to the cold snap

Dublin Live

Taoiseach insists Eamon Ryan is 'not asleep at the wheel' and is handling Dublin Airport weather issues

It comes following widespread issues at the airport in the last number of days

Irish Mirror

Eamon Ryan warns energy prices and bills may not fall for two years

The Green Party leader has launched a new €10m hardship fund as part of the Energy Poverty Action plan

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New €10m fund to help people pay energy bills going to Cabinet

Eamon Ryan will seek Government approval for a new Energy Poverty Action Plan

France 24

'We're at the start of a new industrial revolution': Ireland's environment minister

Talking Europe speaks to Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Irish Green Party and minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport in the current coalition government in Dublin. We caught up with him after he attended a signing ceremony for the Celtic Interconnector, a project that will link the…

Irish Mirror

Irish Rail to get 90 new battery electric train carriages in major public transport boost

It has been hailed as a major boost for public transport enabling further expansion of the DART and wider rail services while decarbonising the existing diesel fleet.

Irish Mirror

Ferghal Blaney: Down the Dail - Rural Ireland takes on Greens in fiery turf war

'The audience used jazz hands instead of clapping'

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Government 'on track' to reach target of 950,000 electric vehicles

The Government is expected to publish its revised Climate Action Plan soon

Irish Mirror

Ireland will be using nuclear power from France amid energy crisis and bridge plans

"But the future for us won't be nuclear in my mind"

Irish Mirror

Eamon Ryan not ruling out return of tax breaks for property developers amid housing crisis

“I won’t rule out further measures”

Irish Mirror

Eamon Ryan thinks 1 in 10 of us will vote for his Green Party in next election

“The transformation we seek will come from the bottom up"

Irish Mirror

Varadkar says it's 'too soon to say' if energy firm tax will be used for more cost of living help for citizens

It is estimated that these measures could raise between €300m and €1.9bn

Dublin Live

Eamon Ryan 'reluctant' to tackle toll increases if it takes money away from road maintenance

The Transport Minister told RTE's Morning Ireland that he was aware the increases were coming either in November or December

Irish Mirror

Ireland's COP27 team praised for role in 'historic' loss and damage fund for developing countries

Eamon Ryan says while compromises were made, the loss and damage breakthrough means 'millions of people whose land, water sources and livelihoods are being eroded every day because climate change can look forward to strengthened support and protection'

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