Eamon Ryan

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Eamon Ryan is guilty only of trying to help Mother Earth (Independent.ie)

Eamon Ryan would normally be about as welcome down the farm as the Pope at a DUP conference, but this was different. When the Minister for the Environment ...

That all held good, until the Greens started making modest steps in that direction. His Greens were ushered into government as the third leg of the stool. This was on the back of genuine popular panic about the precarious state of Mother Earth. It may have also been driven by Greta Thunberg’s ominous declarations. Which makes the tenor of the abuse being directed his way so bewildering. hat struck me from observing the Green Party leader, generally embattled and in the eye of so many storms, was that he seemed genuinely pleased to be there. For all the criticisms that can be levelled against him – certainly gauche naivety among them – his innate decency could never be questioned.

'We will get it right': Eamon Ryan confident on ban of turf sales ... (Extra.ie)

Eamon Ryan has said he is confident the Government will get the new turf regulations right when they are introduced later this year.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have lost rural Ireland.’ He said: ‘They are clearly saying to me they expect nothing better from the Greens, but they will never forgive and never forget Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for what they are doing. Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae said if the turf regulations are forced through, people will be ‘forcefully’ letting their feelings be known and ‘they will definitely be making their feelings known at the ballot box’.

Turf legislation to be introduced later this year: Ryan (RTE.ie)

The Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said he is confident the Government will get new turf legislation right and that it will be introduced later ...

recognising that colleagues have for a variety of reasons difficulties over sanctions. "Our position is probably different than most others. "One of the projects that is discussed at the meeting today and the one that we're very much pushing, is efficiency measures and the development of renewables," he said. "There's agreement we need to deliver the public health benefit [with]1,300 lives being lost each year prematurely. "That ongoing consultation process is important. That's what we need to get right.

Proposed cap to exempt communities from ban on selling turf 'not ... (Echo Live)

In April, Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan floated the idea that communities with up to 500 people may be exempt from any ban on gifting or ...

"It's only a number and that number cannot work and will not work," he said. In April, Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan floated the idea that communities with up to 500 people may be exempt from any ban on gifting or selling turf to neighbours or friends. A former minister for rural development has said that a proposed cap to exempt communities from any ban on selling turf cannot and will not work.

Eamon Ryan confident that new turf laws will be introduced this year (Irish Mirror)

Draft legislation would see a ban on the commercial sale of turf in communities with over 500 people.