GREENS leader Eamon Ryan has insisted the party can accommodate conflicting views after Mayo candidate Saoirse McHugh said she did not support the carbon tax despite it being official party policy. GREENS leader Eamon Ryan has insisted the party can accommodate conflicting views after Mayo candidate Saoirse McHugh said she did not support the carbon tax despite it being official party policy. Saoirse McHugh“One of the things I think we do, and I think Saoirse would agree with this, is move the debate on from where it’s always stuck,” he said. In its manifesto, the Green Party commits to increasing carbon tax each year for the next decade until it reaches €100 per tonne. “Eamon knows what I feel about the carbon tax and I don’t support it,” Ms McHugh said.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2020 10:41 UTC