Soaring energy costs and why ‘we can’t protect everyone from the impact of war’

Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock by Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Sep 16, 202656:15Business

Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, fuel prices at the pump continue to rise and Energia last week became the latest domestic player to increase its electricity and gas prices. A winter of discontent potentiall...

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