Irish Examiner view: We must act on grid capacity warnings

Ireland’s energy grid has been pushed to its limits

If the Government is to fulfil its desire to build record numbers of new homes for its people, then investment in energy infrastructure has to take priority. Picture: David Creedon

The phrase ‘stark warning’ often gets dragged out when experts see potential trouble looming for the Government.

Sometimes such warnings are heeded, more often lost in the recesses of a department somewhere — filed away, never to be seen again. Some resonate, some fester, and some are actually heeded but, as the Government relentlessly focuses on the housing crisis, it must not forget the burning need to invest quickly in our electricity transmission system.