Under this coalition Government, Ireland’s climate ambitions are colliding with politics.

On today’s Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan talks to Climate and Science Correspondent Caroline O’Doherty about how the current Government is retreating from its own climate legislation even as energy-hungry data centres multiply, agricultural emissions remain stubbornly high and extreme weather batters the country.

They look at the politics of Europe’s looming fines, wind farms, “herd culling” and airport expansion, why Ireland is falling far short of its legally-binding 2030 targets and what that means for the future.