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Ciarán

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1661 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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"Time is not on our side"

They talk about an additional 30 million being allocated in budget 2026 and the 270 odd new medicines, 74 of which are for rare diseases.

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

I mean, you talk to people who are out in it day in, day out.

Liveline
"Time is not on our side"

Just to be fair to them, you know, that's the responses that they provided.

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

You talk to any farmer in the country and they'll say, you know, evidence of climate change is all around them.

Liveline
"Time is not on our side"

No commitment within them, nor would you necessarily expect to make this drug available.

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

You know, the people who are paying really, really close attention to weather patterns and weather events.

Liveline
"Time is not on our side"

What would you be saying to TDs tomorrow in Leinster House?

Liveline
"Time is not on our side"

Yeah.

Liveline
"Time is not on our side"

Craig, what would you be saying?

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

So the view is we're gone too far.

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

Yes, the climate is changing.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

We're gone too far down this road.

Liveline
"It is currently unsustainable"

We're too reliant on all of these products and we just need to adapt rather than try to reverse it.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

Some conflict has been actually as a result of climate change.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

You look at what precipitated the massive refugee crisis in Europe a few years ago, and it was the civil war in Syria, which was precipitated by changing climate there and people flooding into the big urban conurbations, and it led to this huge...

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"It is currently unsustainable"

political unrest.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

So there's a direct correlation between both.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

And when you're saying kind of adapt to it, I mean, it's one thing to adapt to 27 degree temperatures in May in Ireland.

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"It is currently unsustainable"

The consequence for other parts of the world would become that, you know, parts of the coast would become flooded, large parts of kind of

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"It is currently unsustainable"

The tropics may become uninhabitable.