Green party leader says Forestry Minister's plan to plant on peatland is out of Trump's playbook

Forestry Minister Michael Healy-Rae is being compared to Donald Trump, for a plan to plant on peatland.

Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman, says doing so would dry out Irish peatland and release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

He believes that independent TD for Kerry, Michael Healy-Rae is reading from the US President's playbook: