"Green" policies are destroying this country

Nonsense, but by all means, show me the reports, data, studies etc that make your claim true

By which measure? Employment, at an all time high, same for GDP, GNI etc

As I said, won't happen

Your first issue is who is going to do it? Apart from a handful of Independent TD's, every other TD in the Dail has voted for the climate action legislation.

If you are hoping SF will, you'll be waiting

Nope, they can't, again the courts would force a u-turn as only actions which will lead to an improvement will be accepted by the courts. Back-sliding is no longer possible.

But hey, there'll be an election, and then we'll see. My guess is, regardless of who gets in, the Greens will be brought in to lead Transport & Environment dept again as it'll suit the major party to sit back and let them take the flak.

Either way, you'll not have much luck if you are banking on a reversal of the legislation

Nah, won't happen and any attempts will flounder in the courts.

You and others may not like it but that's just the way it is.

The direction is set now and there's no going back.

Not me, The Paris Agreement, EU policies and directives, national policies and legislation, the courts etc

Won't happen but for the craic, let's play this out

Who is going to do it? Which party and leadership do you think is going to say "more pollution, less buses, less cycling, dirtier water, less forests, less trains, more traffic, less biodiversity, more susceptibility to global fuel prices, these are all good things, vote for us".

The manifesto would be Monty Python levels of ridiculous

We will

• remove safe infrastructure that allows your children to cycle to school without dying
• remove all EV supports so we can get more polluting cars back on the road
• stop all investment in walking, cycling and public transport so everyone will go back to driving
• restart the destruction of our nations peatlands by reopening the peat power plants
• stop all development of wind and solar power generation and increase our reliance on fossil fuels
• go back to buying diesel fume emitting buses instead of zero emission ones
• stop aiming to increase landcover of forests
• speed up biodiversity loss by ceasing all prevention programs
• bring back smoky fuels to all our towns and cities, even the ones where they've been banned for decades

I'm sorry, but thats some funny shiz

Based on the figures below, any party stating they will be going back to the old ways would be unelectable so......who exactly is supposed to be your knight in shining armour here? The lowest % below is 79% btw

In fact its always a consistently high level of support, across the board, for the climate action with a significant amount (30-40%) saying not enough is being done quick enough

But don't take my word for it, here's a load more surveys and polls on the topic. Feel free to have a search yourself, but the results will always be the same with climate issues being at the top 1, 2 or 3 in terms of voter priorities.

But hey, you think it will all be overturned, cool, but as I say, it won't happen. There isn't a party in the land that would get elected on such a platform.

Thats before you even take into account that climate actions now permeate all levels of government operation in legislation, policies and procedures, from planning to procurement. It is at all levels from govt dept to local council to quangos and (I think) NGO's that receive govt funding. Undoing that would be a herculean task

Lastly, Ireland would become a pariah and laughing stock on the international stage. Maybe we would get support from Russia...yay!

So you have a platform that

• won't get you elected and
• leaves you with such a huge body of work to do that it will take you years and
• leave you with no support or friends and
• will eventually be overturned by the courts anyway.

Again I ask you, who do you think is going to do this?