At global unrest increases, our inability to stick to a plan is costing us Not one new offshore windfarm has been built since the 2030 target was unveiled by former environment minister Eamon Ryan in 2020. Photo: Getty For the second time in less than five years, Ireland’s Achilles’ heel has been starkly exposed. The … Read more
In a telling scene from Neasa Ní Chianáin’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary, Forever is Now, which follows Eamon Ryan’s last 18 months as a politician, the former Green Party leader is seen losing his temper only once. The moment occurs during the National Economic Dialogue in the summer of 2024, just three weeks before Ryan stepped … Read more
The board of the ESB had “significant concern” that the salary for company’s chief executive was insufficient for retaining an appropriately-skilled person for the role, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications told a Government pay review group. In an appendix to a submission sent by the then Minister Eamon Ryan last summer, officials … Read more
The Government has distanced itself from plans proposed last year to start inspecting Israel-bound aircraft that may be carrying weapons of war. Last November, then minister for transport Eamon Ryan brought proposals to cabinet to allow authorities to search aircraft that may be carrying military goods and to sanction airlines found to be in breach. … Read more