Sir, – I was struck by the Irish Government radio advertisement attributing rising Irish energy costs to the war in Iran: “Increasing energy costs due to the war in Iran.”
While global instability can influence markets, it is misleading to present this as the primary cause of Ireland’s energy problem.
At a recent European event attended by business leaders from across the EU, colleagues expressed surprise at the scale of Ireland’s energy cost pressures.
Many of their countries have invested consistently in renewable energy, grid infrastructure and energy security over the past 10–15 years. Ireland, despite enormous wind and renewable potential, has failed to do so at the necessary pace or scale.
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Irish households and businesses are now paying the price for years of political drift, planning delays and underinvestment. Blaming external conflicts alone avoids confronting a far more uncomfortable reality: successive governments failed to prepare Ireland for an affordable energy future. – Yours, etc,
Kevin O’Shea,
Co Kilkenny.
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