David Horgan: Irish oil exploration ban remains contradictory and illogical

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s oil exploration ban will drive Irish emissions yet higher and with higher imports will only serve to undermine energy security.
David Horgan: Irish oil exploration ban remains contradictory and illogical
No one is locked into fossil fuels and when the context changes, entrepreneurs adapt. Picture: PA

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s oil exploration ban will drive Irish emissions yet higher and with higher imports will only serve to undermine energy security.

The political process has effectively been taken over by social media as panicked politicians virtue-signal even when their policies are counterproductive.

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