Monday 25 March, 2019
There was no Celtic Tiger for the poor and disadvantaged in the first place. Looking at these statistics then these people are much worse now than they ever were. In particular having to deal with a right wing government
The 2016 Deprivation Index, which is deemed to be a more detailed view of how the economy is performing, was published yesterday.
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS committed to raising the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources from 30% now to 70% by 2030.
Minister for Communications and Climate Action Richard Bruton said new legislation will have to be introduced to deal with the move.
“It will mean that we will have to look beyond onshore wind and we will have to prepare now for a significant offshore wind capacity in our system,” Bruton said at the weekend.
Ireland has missed targets in the past and our performance in taking action against climate change was ranked the worst in Europe in a report published in December.
The Climate Change Performance Index ranked Ireland 48th out of 56 countries, with a score of 40.84, far below the EU average of 60.65.
Poll: Do you think Ireland will generate 70% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030?
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REPLIES
@Paul Coughlan: There were plenty of ghost housing estates though…
@Paul Coughlan: there is no right wing party in the Dáil
@Paul Coughlan: More worrying Paul is What is the alternative??
@Gerry Murphy: we need to figure out this out.
FG/FF/LAB have failed Ireland though.