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COPENHAGEN IS ENCOURAGING tourists to take more climate-friendly actions by offering rewards, including a free lunch, kayak tour or museum entrance.
All visitors have to do is show “proof of green actions”. These actions can include cycling or taking the train instead of driving, or participating in cleanup efforts.
The pilot project, called Copenpay, is aimed at encouraging visitors and locals to make more sustainable choices, and will run until 11 August.
The company behind the initiative hopes to “broaden the concept to other parts of Denmark and the rest of the world”.
So today we want to know: Should Ireland reward ‘climate-friendly’ tourists?
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Run with the hare and hunt with the hound, just ain’t on. People voted Independents because they didn’t want mainstream parties. But first chance they get those Independents, turn Turk and push those same mainstream parties into power. Let government give some of their speaking time to them and not opposition time!!!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: All elected representatives should firstly make a serious effort to get into government. How many more times will the social Democrats come up with excuses for fear of government. Much easier pick up soft money on the back benches and guarantee reelection. The SD’s are nothing more than a debate society and Labour young kids think opposition is better than government. Watch the Labour vote transfer from FG disappear.
We have very little to give out about American politics what this s”"tshow going on
I think that this is about trying to hobble Auntú rather than a matter of principle .
@Des Hanrahan: no harm
Is Kevin Kerr dead? Or has Brennie just not switched profiles lately?
@Padraig Rice Social Dems: I’d be more concerned about Trump24, Tired Jim, Mrs O’Brien, Paul F Doe, Buster Lawless etc than that tool. That first tool I mentioned is never off the Journal and seems to just try to divide Journal commenters on every thread to rile people. That person is obviously a freak, has nothing to contribute and obviously is a dole recipient!
Funny how these people want diversity, except when it comes to diversity of opinion. Toibin has every right to do what he has to in order to be allocated speaking rights. Aontu got more votes than PBP, the Green Party and Independent Ireland and only got 15,000 less than Labour and the Social Democrats. This criticism from Sinn Fein and the other left-wing hobgoblins seems like nothing more than a cheap attempt to muffle opinions that they don’t like. I personally think that the rule around speaking rights is pure nonsense and is used by the progressive establishment, whether FG, FF or SF, to make sure that smaller parties are kept small. We really should do away with it and allow all members of the Dáil to have fair speaking time and it wouldn’t have come to this if that was the case.
All the elected reps in SDs and Lab wants speaking time but never made a serious effort to govern. The great Irish debating society the SD’s have run to the hills for fear they would have to do something more than pick up their wages.
Nothing new to see here even after the election
He is right.
Isn’t it just typical of SF taking a pot shot at their Ex member Tóibín. They will do anything and everything just to get media coverage. Maybe they should put their time and effort into repatriating the bodies of the people murdered and buried in shallow graves.
In action? SocDems not once, twice but three times have run away from the responsibility of Government. They are as bad as the Shinners.
Tóibín is correct.
Iff sf want real change maybe they should listen to what the public wants
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