Junior transport minister Sean Canney has warned of the extent of the global situation. Speaking to RTÉ, junior transport minister Seán Canney said: “We’re geopolitically in a global situation worse than we ever had before. The entire extent of it is not with us yet.”Junior transport minister Sean Canney has warned of the extent of the global situation. This includes fuel rationing and releasing more oil from emergency reserves as it braces for a “long-lasting” energy shock from the war. But Trump’s erratic pronouncements and shifting objectives in the war make it futile to plan for effective contingencies.

Source: Irish Independent April 04, 2026 07:33 UTC