The current energy crisis is the “worst the world has ever seen,” but “this is not 2008” according to Tánaiste Simon Harris. The Government is bracing for a months-long cost-of-living crisis, which would become worse if the conflict were to continue into the winter months of this year. Speaking at the Easter Rising commemoration in Dublin on Sunday, Minister for Finance Harris said it is “hard to overstate the significance of the energy crisis that we’re living through now, which is the worst the world has ever seen.”[ We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. There are concerns at the most senior levels of Government about a much harsher cost-of-living crisis in the winter months, if the war continues. “It’s a very different crisis in the summer months than it could be in the winter months.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2026 14:04 UTC