Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

Moncrieff Highlights

The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff Highlights on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

In what has been called the “Swiss grannies” case, four women all aged 74, are asking the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to declare insufficient climate action by the Swiss authorities is violating their human rights. Ireland has decided to oppose this legal challenge in the ECHR and has sent a team over to appeal to the court that this ruling is beyond the court’s scope to dictate national climate policy To explain this further Sean was joined by Clodagh Daly, manager of the Centre for Environmental Justice at Community Law and Mediation (CLM).

Podcasts

Moncrieff Highlights

Latest episodes

Would you buy a shipwreck from Facebook Marketplace?

Why the BBC are using an AI version of Agatha Christie

Soviet spacecraft set to crash into Earth soon

Guinness World Records celebrate 70th anniversary of first book

Man tracks down origin of iconic ‘Shining’ photograph

The white Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum

Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR