Ireland economy to be hit “early and hardest”

The cascading impact of the energy crisis in Europe on the real economy is going to hit Ireland “early and hardest”, Barry Andrews warns. But the Fianna Fáil MEP also says Ireland should bounce back more quickly. Rising energy prices driven, first by covid, and then by the Ukraine war, are expected to be felt right across the economy. Barry Andrews wants the government and the EU to work to try and cushion the blow. He says Ireland should get ready.

Out words: Forefront of that

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