Colm Meaney reveals ‘angry’ teenage daughter’s climate anxiety

‘What is really making younger people angry is the talk, the talk, the talk and no action’

Colm Meaney: “I find the more I go into it, that I can’t justify what my generation has done. We have known about climate change for 30 years.” Photograph: Getty

Colm Meaney: “I find the more I go into it, that I can’t justify what my generation has done. We have known about climate change for 30 years.” Photograph: Getty

Irish actor Colm Meaney has spoken of his 16-year-old daughter’s “climate anxiety” as she joins teenagers from all over the world in expressing concern about the future of the planet.

In a Zoom interview on Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One, the Dublin native stated that his daughter, like many teenagers, is “angry” about the failure of governments worldwide to comprehensively tackle climate change.

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