Darragh O'Brien on Ireland's missed climate targets, new help to buy EVs and Fianna Fáil's leadership

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Darragh O'Brien discussing Ireland's climate targets and new initiatives for electric vehicles.

Pat joins Hugh after interviewing Fianna Fáil's Darragh O'Brien about major issues related to his twin ministries, Transport and Climate, Energy and the Environment. They listen back to the interview and discuss what O'Brien had to say about a new scrappage scheme to encourage the purchase of EVs, Ireland's cert ain failure to hit its legally-binding emissions targets in 2030 and the financial cost to the state of that failure. They also discuss data centres and the future of Fianna Fail's leadership after a disappointing showing in the recent byelections. Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Pat, Hugh

Guest: Darragh O'Brien

Topics covered

• climate targets
• electric vehicles
• Fianna Fáil leadership
• transport
• energy policy

Keywords

• climate targets
• EVs
• scrappage scheme
• Fianna Fáil
• emissions
• data centres
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fianna Fáil, Irish Times

Places: Ireland

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