Energy crisis.
Back on the cards.
Most out of touch party ever?
The Irish Truckers and Haulage Association has vowed to put Dublin on “complete lockdown” from Monday until their demands are met, and could stay for “over a week.” The protest, they say, will be “one for the history books,” as hauliers demand the government take action to reverse the rise of soaring fuel costs. Last […]
Attack of the clones.
“Almost insulting.”
According to Eurostat, the European Union only produces 42% of its energy needs within its own territory, highlighting the bloc’s severe energy dependence. As per the most recent Eurostat energy report, in 2020, the EU imported 58% of the energy it consumed from outside the Union. ⚡⬅️In 2020, the EU imported 58% of the #energy […]
In 2020, shortly before the US election, then-president Donald Trump said that if Joe Biden was elected, fuel prices would “skyrocket.” The comments were made during a campaign rally on November 3rd, 2020, with Trump bragging about low fuel prices under his administration. “We have more oil than anybody, OK?” he said. “It’s an incredible […]
On September 25th 2018, 4 years ago, Donald Trump as US president gave a speech to the UN General Assembly. During the speech, he gave a stark warning to German leaders. Watch the German delegation’s response at #UNGA when Trump says “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change […]
Professor Sam McConkey has said that the government should learn lessons from Covid-19 to better prepare for future crises, such as “climate emergencies.” The comments were made this weekend during an interview on RTÉ Radio 1 with Brendan O’Connor. “I think our political leaders really need to go back and ask how could we have […]
One of the most fundamental rules of economics, and one which is intuitively obvious to most people with even a modicum of common sense, is the law of supply and demand. If lots of people want a resource or product, and there’s not a lot of it around, the price will naturally go up as […]
Listen – whether you love or hate Green TD Joe O’Brien, there’s one thing you can’t take away from that man; he truly understands the gravity of the housing crisis and the problems in Direct Provision. Which makes it all the more confusing why he would oppose a social housing plan in his own neighbourhood. […]