Richard Curran: Ireland is sleep-walking into future energy crises by refusing to plan beyond ideologyThe catastrophe of the Iran war and the homegrown chaos of this week has once again laid bare the urgent need to reduce our vulnerability to the never-ending cycle of energy shocksCartoon by Graeme KeyesRichard Curran Today at 06:30Imagine a small country that produces no oil. And in the middle of a global oil crisis, its own citizens end up turning away ships loaded with fuel, only for it to be delivered somewhere else.

Source: Irish Independent April 11, 2026 12:42 UTC