“…The latest climbdown...represents a setback for climate policy that will further weaken Ireland’s resilience to global price shocks…

…With or without taxes, fuel costs are revenues that leave the country and enrich petrostates, oligarchs and war criminals…”

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/14/sadhbh-oneill-fuel-protests-cant-derail-irelands-climate-plan-neither-can-data-centres/

Sadhbh O'Neill: Fuel protests can’t derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither can data centres

If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact

The Irish Times