Letters to the Editor: Creating an independent national green energy industry is a no-brainer

One reader argues Ireland's energy production should not be in private hands, while others consider issues including obesity, abortion, supports for PhD candidates, and the RTÉ controversy

One reader writes that Ireland's energy security is not best served by further auction plans for the country's wind energy fields. Stock picture: Ben Birchall/PA

Further auction plans for our wind energy fields, placing the future of Ireland’s energy production in private hands, must be scrapped in favour of energy security for the nation.

With the energy crisis still in full swing and the people suffering outrageous demands on their income while the energy companies continue to bank huge profits, it takes a special kind of Government to continue to sign over our future energy production, with an assured revenue stream, to the private sector.