Global unrest shows importance of food security to Ireland and the EU

War in Ukraine, rising fuel prices add to pressures caused by the unravelling of decades of retail price control

The Ukraine Grain Ship Navi Star arrives at Foynes Port in Co Limerick in August, after the international agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to facilitate the export of grain and other agricultural goods from Ukraine.  The shipment was delivered to Ireland on behalf of the Irish grain and feed company R&H Hall.  Photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

2022 is turning out to be like a year like no other.

After two years of Covid-related disruption, we thought we had seen it all, but the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine in February dispelled any possibility that life might return to a semblance of normality.