John Gibbons

which look educational, but are actually pushing a particular political or economic agenda.

Okay.

Tell us about changes to the BER system that are coming in.

OK, comments coming in from listeners.

David says,

Another listener says, Quilta had a Sitka spruce plantation in North Leitrim practically encasing my home.

Now since it has been felled, the ground looks like a war zone of stumps and branches left behind.

They also left behind some that have fallen onto my property.

Okay.

Hay fever.

It's getting worse apparently for sufferers.

That explains to me why I've been needing my inhaler today as it happens.

That's probably it.

OK, we had Oisín Cochrane from the Environmental Pillar with us yesterday and he was happy to tell us about how six in ten people think the government is not moving quickly enough to cut reliance on fossil fuels.

So for all of the angry text messages we get in about you every week, perhaps there are more people out there who don't text in who agree with you.

But it's in the programme for government.

Even without the Greens, there's significant environmental commitments made.

Well, the Healey Rays are gone as government supporters now.

Do you think maybe the government will accelerate change in their absence?

Thank you very much for this.