Irish Examiner view: Energy war claims its latest casualty

Closure of an otherwise successful business — Bunnyconnellan’s in Cork — is a reminder of the challenges facing us all today

Having withstood many storms, literal and figurative, the O'Brien family have had to close Bunnyconnellan's restaurant in Myrtleville, Co Cork, due to surging energy costs. File picture 

Day by day, the casualty toll mounts of businesses ravaged by soaring energy charges and the rampaging cost of living, bearing witness to the validity of the warnings that have been with us since the summer.

When a landmark pub and restaurant such as Bunnyconnellan’s in Myrtleville, with its sumptuous views over the entrance to Cork Harbour, has to be “put to sleep until the economic storm passes”, we know that the long arm of Vladimir Putin has reached across Europe and into the Celtic Sea.