Letters to the Editor: The heat’s on to secure our energy supply long-term

The time has long passed to remove the crucial responsibility for energy management from short term political chicanery and influence

Irish households and businesses are today left to the mercy of the markets and are paying unprecedented and debilitating prices at the fuel pumps and for home heating and cooking.

It was bound to happen, sooner rather than later, the political chickens have come home to roost.

As we face into a medium- to long-term future of energy uncertainty, the probability of blackouts looms large.