Interest groups get to work picking off bits of cabinet’s climate action plan

It may be a problem for all. But there are fears of a ‘them and us’ divide as the lobbying begins against measures that will affect different groups

The government does not want its climate action plan to end up creating an Irish yellow vest movement, but special interest groups are already gearing up to oppose it.

Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton has spoken about how he was “lucky enough” to be at the UN climate change summit in Poland last December to hear David Attenborough explain about the threat climate change caused to the planet.

But the soft power ...