Eamon Ryan says Regina Doherty ‘sees political advantage’ in climate attack
Minister Eamon Ryan has accused a Fine Gael MEP candidate of seeing “political advantage” in taking aim at climate change policies.
The Green Party leader criticised his coalition partner’s candidate in the Dublin constituency after comments made in recent days on climate action and transport.
Regina Doherty, a former minister and ex-Meath TD for Fine Gael, told The Mail On Sunday that if elected she would be a “watchdog in Europe to mark the Greens” and accused the party of dividing Dublin city “like East and West Berlin”.
On RTÉ’s Prime Time debate on Tuesday night, Ms Doherty accused the Green Party of an “autocratic style” and claimed that some new cycle lanes in Dublin were “actually dangerous”, while the Green Party’s MEP candidate in Dublin Ciarán Cuffe accused her of rhetoric “going back 30 years, it’s living in the past”.
Asked about the comments on Wednesday, Mr Ryan defended his party’s track record on climate, and said that he has…
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