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''You'll have parents sitting waiting with their car running with a lot of emissions coming out''

Are parents who leave their engines running and idling during the school run polluting the air? ...

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17.07 17 Nov 2021


''You'll have parents sitting waiting with their car running with a lot of emissions coming out''


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17.07 17 Nov 2021


Are parents who leave their engines running and idling during the school run polluting the air?  

A bill was introduced to the Dáil yesterday that would impose a fine on drivers who leave their engines idling within 100 metres of a school.   

Social Democrat TD for Wicklow and the party’s Spokesperson for Climate, Environment & Biodiversity, Jennifer Whitmore joined Kieran on the show...

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