‘I am scared about winter’: How people are reacting to Ireland’s energy crisis

Walking the streets of Cork city on Monday, it is clear most have felt the pinch from spiralling energy prices, and fear worse is to come, writes Conor Capplis

Joan Lee of  The Lough, Cork, said she is grateful her mortgage is paid off. Picture: Dan Linehan

Amid ballooning energy prices and warnings of electricity blackouts, many are dreading the coming months.

“I am scared about winter,” said Antonella Passalaque.