Presidential hopeful Heather Humphreys was “particularly unsympathetic” to views of environmental groups when bringing forward laws which they argued would affect wildlife, campaigners have said.

The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT), which had campaigned against the 2016 Heritage Bill, said her public comments at the time suggested she had “not much sympathy or awareness” to the parts of her brief focused on protecting nature.

The Fine Gael politician, then

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