Labour emerged as the party with the best climate action policies in the assessment commissioned by Friends of the Earth.

The situation was complicated, he said, and “sometimes you have to live with the complications, and energy security is a complicated issue.”

Ms Connolly states that “if this planning goes through, it will be met with massive local and national pushback and action”.

Fingal County Council has given the go-ahead for three new Amazon Web Services data centres in Dublin 15

Research commissioned by Friends of the Earth found the number of families unable to heat their homes doubled in the space of 12 months

The group claims the works, were given the go ahead by the Council to proceed under the 1949 Local Authorities Act, are in breach of EU laws designed to protect the environment.