Ireland to get up to €2bn from EU windfall tax on energy companies 

Ireland will receive up to €2bn from a new cap on energy profits due to be hammered out by European energy ministers today. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Ireland will receive up to €2bn from a new cap on energy profits due to be hammered out by European energy ministers today.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said he is confident a windfall tax on energy companies will be agreed in Brussels.