Electric vehicles (EVs) sit at the heart of Ireland’s climate plans, but the pace of charging infrastructure roll-out isn’t yet matching the scale of our national ambition. Their success reflects a simple point that these cities treat charging infrastructure as an essential service and a core and essential piece of infrastructure. Can charging infrastructure start to meet demand? That same mindset, treating EV charging as a core national utility could transform our EV charging infrastructure. Ollie Chatten is chief executive of EZO, Ireland’s largest private EV charging network

Source: The Irish Times January 12, 2026 11:01 UTC