"Green" policies are destroying this country

This city is the same size as Galway, they should do the same there, I'm sure it'd go down well

A lack of proper public transport alternatives and very bad planning pushing people way out of the cities is why.

I don't think he can do anything tbh

Do they not do this already?

What is it with greens and the constant doom, gloom and pointing fingers.

Only two swimming spots were identified as having poor water quality by the EPA this year, Balbriggan and Buncrana, and neither was due to agriculture. They were both due to sewage plant discharge.

Because they fu​cked up the last time they had power and had the environmental portfolio. Remember an utter twat named Gormley?

"During the term of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition Government, thousands of drivers were persuaded to buy diesel cars. The aim was to help Ireland to hit EU carbon emissions targets and it was claimed that diesel cars were "greener" because they generated less carbon dioxide than petrol vehicles. In 2008 the Coalition changed the VRT and motor tax system from one based on engine capacity to the current one based on CO2 emissions. As a result of this change and improvements in the performance of diesel cars, sales dramatically shifted in favour of diesel and the percentage of new petrol cars fell from 70pc of total sales in 2007 to 32pc by the end of 2009. Given the current health concerns about diesel emissions, the decision to prioritise reduced CO2 by incentivising diesel would seem to have been misguided."

And still to this day the fuel excise tax bias favouring diesel over petrol remains, even though in 2012, the WHO said diesel emissions were clearly carcinogenic.

What's the rate of leakage from sewer pipes in Dublin? Or are they able to magically have no leakage from sewer pipes while they have 40% leakage from water pipes?

"Why is partially-treated sewage leaking into Dublin Bay?" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/why-is-partially-treated-sewage-leaking-into-dublin-bay-1.3918122

Why is anyone with a sane brain voting for the greens?

It`s the EPA report on swimming spots and the only two swimming spots they had a problem with were not rural caused by agricultur,as your post implied, but urban caused by sewage treatment plants.

Perhaps it would be an idea for all those urban green supporters to clean up their own mess first rather this constant finger pointing at rural communities as the source of all evils.

I would imagine the swimming spots were in the sea which don't seem to get destroyed by agriculture, our lakes and rivers are having a hard time because of ag unfortunately. A lot to be done RE wastewater treatment too in urban areas.

Fires can start due to a piece of glass or metal reflecting sunlight.

They can start with dry lightening.

They can start from machinery that isn't properly oiled and greased.

They can be started accidentally by people burning something initially in a controlled fashion and it gets out of control.

And they can be started maliciously

And no the drier climate, due to indisputable climate changes (unless you are a complete eejit you have to admit the climate is getting a hell of a lot drier in most of the world - in our case probably wetter and windier), doesn't cause them to start up, but it has created an environment where there is more very combustible material available to any fire that does start.

It is not fooking rocket science.

FFS let me guess you work for one of those multinationals.

You do know most of them could leave at the drop of a hat and the only trully indigenous industry we have is agri. 🙄