Micheál Martin, flanked by his talks delegation - Dara Calleary, Michael McGrath, Anne Rabbitte, Jack Chambers and Thomas Byrne – is now within touching distance of power. For so long, he has been dismissed, derided as desperate by many in his own party and beyond. No this has been a messy, painful and prolonged delivery of a new government facing into enormous challenges with a significant amount of doubt hanging over its ability to stay together. It has been agreed that the carbon tax will rise to €100 a tonne by 2030 as demanded by the Greens. It is understood that the parties have agreed to an annual spend of €360 million on walking and cycling infrastructure.

Source: Irish Examiner June 15, 2020 05:03 UTC