The current fuel crisis caused by the Israeli/US attack on Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait Of Hormuz underlines the vulnerability of the world to such events. No more so than in Ireland where the political system was thrown into crisis by the protests.
While the crisis may pass or be ameliorated – depending on the likely actions of increasingly erratic actors at the centre of events – it once again raises the issue of the Irish state’s vulnerability within the global energy system, and the need to address that no matter what may happen over the next months.
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