The current energy crisis is worse than the last three oil and gas crises combined and is “worsening by the day”, Tánaiste Simon Harris has warned. Speaking in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Mr Harris confirmed the Government is keeping further measures under review. The group said the “current energy crisis globally is larger” than the previous oil crises in 1973 and 1976 and the gas crisis of 2022 “combined and is ongoing and worsening by the day”. “We're in a world now where the scale of the energy crisis is greater than the world has ever seen, and that's just a statement of fact, and is ongoing,” Mr Harris explained. When asked if public transport could be made free to cushion people from rising fuel costs, Mr Harris said it would be “foolish” to rule any measure in or out.

Source: Irish Examiner March 30, 2026 15:16 UTC