At Leaders’ Questions, Leo Varadkar was faced with attack after attack on his Government’s record in fighting poverty and homelessness. The details were brought to his attention by Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin and Bríd Smith of People Before Profit. Now there is just talk of holding consultations about banning coal, turf and wood. I’m asking you, are you going to stop the people of rural Ireland from burning turf or timber?”Eoghan Murphy looked across at him. Yes, he continued, Fianna Fáil’s eagerness to slap bans on burning solid fuel “is part of their growing anti-rural agenda.

Source: The Irish Times December 10, 2019 22:07 UTC