Taoiseach warns attacks on Iran energy infrastructure are 'unacceptable' amid escalating war

Taoiseach raises alarm at EU summit as strikes on Iranian gas facilities heighten fears for global energy security

Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrives for a round table meeting at the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The Taoiseach has described attacks on Iranian and other energy infrastructure as part of the US/Israeli war in Iran as "unacceptable".

Israeli airstrikes are reported to have damaged the world’s largest natural gas airfield, South Pars in Iran, on Wednesday.