A war of words has broken out between the Green Party and Fine Gael over emissions targets. Mr Coveney told the Examiner that the Green Party's red line of a 7% emissions reduction, would have to be forgotten about if it hurts farmers. Mr Coveney said: “I am not going to put farmers out of business. Ms Martin appeared on RTE's Sean O'Rourke programme today, saying that she found Mr Coveney's comments "quite shocking". It was Fine Gael who signed this, it's disturbing, alarm bells are ringing.

Source: Irish Examiner May 01, 2020 12:00 UTC