Sir, – Eoghan Daltun in his opinion piece presents farmers as climate crisis deniers and being unable to think for themselves (“Farmers should be on the frontline fighting the climate crisis. Yet some deny its existence”, July 22nd). His solution of “rewilding” to the climate crisis will not feed the eight billion people across the world. Instead he should visit the many progressive mixed farms across the country adapting their practices to the benefit of the environment while also producing food more efficiently from an environmental point of view than anywhere else on earth. All the while the Irish supermarkets continue to undercut Irish farmers with inferior food imported from origins with lower production standards. – Yours, etc,
ROBERT GREENE,
Kilkea,
Co Kildare.
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Sir, – I was bemused to read Pat Leahy’s call for clear thinking and brave decisions with regard to climate change in Saturday’s paper (“Politicians know it’s getting hotter, wetter and wilder. Why aren’t they preparing?”, Opinion & Analysis, July 22nd). Ireland has a political culture that has been building a children’s hospital since 2017 and still has no idea when it’ll be finished, how much it will cost or who is in charge of the construction. The capacity of the Irish political class to do anything in the face of climate change is the same as that of Pádraic Ó Conaire’s little black donkey winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this coming Saturday. – Yours, etc,
ANTHONY MUNNELLY,
Cabra,
Dublin 7.
Sir, – I very much welcome Pat Leahy’s trenchant intervention on climate adaptation. I fervently hope this is the beginning of a new commitment from your political staff to hold all parties to account on climate action.
I look forward to incisive pieces of climate reporting when you carry through the logic of asking for adaptation measures by examining party policies and actions to significantly reduce carbon emissions.
There is no more urgent issue. – Yours, etc,
ANNE BYRNE,
Blessington,
Co Wicklow.