Pound also slumps
We’re going to get a lot of spending pledges, this week. And because Irish politics is Irish politics, a lot of those pledges will be the same as each other.
But of course, “nationalise the energy sector” is not a serious proposal, and nor is it intended to be.
Oil & Gas
For the decline is not even, truly, mourned by our rulers. It is embraced with a vigor and a passion that has, as I have written before, an openly religious quality.
Gas prices ten times that of 2021
“We are living through a great upheaval.”
Wave of support
“We have a working poor that are working 40 hours a week.”
$44bn International Monetary Fund loan
Just because political realities demand something, that does not make the “something” a good or wise idea.
Total emissions from the residential sector in Ireland amount to 11.4% of all emissions in Ireland, according to the environmental protection agency