Bill Linnane: Energy crisis? As a penny-pinching dad I feel like I’ve been training for this moment all my lifeI tell my kids the house isn’t cold, they are cold because they're sitting around wearing shorts and T-shirtsThere are other ways to stay warm in an energy crisis. Photo: Picture posed/GettyBill Linnane Today at 06:30In the mind of the average dad, there is always an energy crisis. It doesn’t really matter how much we are being charged for a kilowatt of electricity, a gallon of diesel, or a barrel of crude oil – it is too much.

Source: Irish Independent March 13, 2026 14:32 UTC