Politics
Susan O’Keeffe: Taoiseach’s Penneys visit throws retail’s climate credentials into the spotlight
With the climate on the brink of disaster, politicians need to be aware of the environmental credentials of the businesses they’re endorsing
The Taoiseach opened a shop this week. It’s a fairly unusual occupation for any politician, but it’s specifically quite out of the ordinary day’s events for a Taoiseach to leave his office to congratulate a store for opening its doors.
In these difficult times, where retail especially is stressed post-Covid and strained with high energy bills, perhaps it was an attempt from Micheál Martin to strike a note of optimism. No one could accuse this ...
