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‘Dysfunctional and illogical’: Developer Michael O’Flynn on Ireland’s new vacant land tax

Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

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Moving Away From Fossil Fuels

We need to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as we possibly can without jeopardizing the security of supply which is a significant challenge but it can be certainly managed. We've got a wonderful coastline that should certainly be able to be utilized much better for offshore wind. Now we're not going to carpet the Atlantic with offshore wind and I think we need to be mindful of that. And there are obstacles there there are planning obstacles that we need to get over those and we need to do something about them fast. Let's say in the 2050 timescale recognize what needs to be done in the meantime get out of the fossil fuels have gas there as a backup while we're developing the renewables and

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