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Could tax revenue loss be hindering Ireland’s shift to renewables?

A Limerick reader questions whether fiscal considerations are delaying the green transition

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Fri Apr 10 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir, – Could I be accused of being extremely cynical, if I suggested the Government’s slow pace of conversion to renewable energy could be connected to the drop in revenue which would result from collection of less fossil fuel related taxes? – Yours, etc.

AOIFE COLLINS,

Ballyclough,

Limerick.