The Tonight Show
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Wednesday 18 March - Rising Fuel Costs And Global Tensions: Ireland’s Energy Challenge
46 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2026 at 11:41 pm.
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Ireland faces a triple energy challenge — the Government plans an “appropriate intervention” to tackle rising fuel costs, oil prices spike after gas field attacks in Iran and Qatar, and debate grows over whether to buy US liquified natural gas to keep American tech firms satisfied.


Guest presenter Shane Coleman is joined by:

Martin Daly TD, Fianna Fáil 

Richard Boyd Barrett TD, People Before Profit-Solidarity 

Dr. Emma Howard, Lecturer in Economics TU Dublin 

Larry Donnelly, Lawyer and Political Columnist  

Richard Chambers, News Correspondent, Virgin Media News


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