Patrick Quinlan

The ongoing power outages affecting approximately 57k homes for nearly two weeks highlight the Irish government’s catastrophic failure to plan for adverse weather.

At the same time, their reckless move away from reliable energy sources like gas, turf, coal, oil, and open fires has left us vulnerable.

The ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, introduced by Leo Varadkar in 2019 to appease the Green Party, has only compounded the problem.

It’s time to overturn these harmful policies and put Ireland’s future first.

We should be exploring alternatives like offshore nuclear power and even bringing peat stations back online to ensure energy security.

We need a government that prioritizes long-term, practical solutions, not short-term political gains.

Enough is enough.

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The ongoing power outages affecting approximately 57k homes for nearly two weeks highlight the Irish government’s catastrophic failure to plan for adverse weather.

At the same time, their reckless move away from reliable energy sources like gas, turf, coal, oil, and open fires has left us vulnerable.

The ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, introduced by Leo Varadkar in 2019 to appease the Green Party, has only compounded the problem.

It’s time to overturn these harmful policies and put Ireland’s future first.

We should be exploring alternatives like offshore nuclear power and even bringing peat stations back online to ensure energy security.

We need a government that prioritizes long-term, practical solutions, not short-term political gains.

Enough is enough.

BY Patrick Quinlan