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Ireland declares climate emergency, thus becoming second country in the world to do so




Ireland has now declared a climate emergency, after the UK did likewise in recent days.

The move comes on foot of a Fianna Fail-led amendment on the recently published Climate Action report.

While all parties agreed that it is a positive step, there’s very little actual action being taken to address climate change, and Ireland has in fact repeatedly missed its carbon emissions targets.

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