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

Irish Times Inside Business by The Irish Times

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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