Nuclear option: Cork TD says reversing Ireland's ban on nuclear energy is crucial for our future

Amid soaring energy prices and Ireland's precarious energy security, Cork East TD James O'Connor asks if we have the courage of the generation that delivered the Shannon scheme

The Shannon hydroelectric scheme at Ardnacrusha, Co Clare, should inspire the present generation to find solutions to Ireland's current energy crisis. File picture 

Ireland’s electricity prices are now the highest in the EU, almost double the electricity costs of some EU states.

We speak constantly about the ‘cost of living crisis’, but too often our political debate avoids confronting the difficult long-term decisions required to bring meaningful relief to households and businesses. Energy policy is one of those decisions.