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# IRELAND'S ENERGY

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2022

Bríd Smith: Expansion of data centres is not going to help our serious energy woes

The People Before Profit TD says our fondness for data centres is driven by misplaced servility to the whims of corporates.

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Oct 6th 2022, 11:50 PM

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'It's already the case that fracked gas is coming into Ireland from the UK' says Taoiseach

Varadkar said Ireland’s first LNG terminal in the Shannon estuary in north Kerry could be the answer to Ireland’s energy security.

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Nov 1st 2019, 6:05 AM