Government faces legal challenge after axeing climate bill

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith said this weekend that she was currently taking legal advice, and that she believed there were substantial grounds for a challenge

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith is seeking a judicial review ofthe government’s decision to block her Climate Emergency Measures Bill, The Sunday Business Post has learned.

Smith said this weekend that she was currently taking legal advice, and that she believed there were substantial grounds for a challenge. It is unclear where funding might come from for such a challenge, but Smith said she was in discussions with a number of NGOs.