Breaking down the fuel crisis, with Professor Aoife Foley

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · Apr 7, 2026 · 45m

We are in a fuel crisis, “the worst the world has ever seen”, according to Tánaiste Simon Harris. But what does that mean for the ordinary person, how did we get to here – and what’s going to happen next?Professor Aoife Foley is chair in Net Zero Infrastructure at the University of Manchester. She has written for the Irish Examiner recently on how the Government can support consumers and businesses through this crisis – without damaging the economy.While she favours targeted energy supports for at-risk households and the farming, pharma and transport sectors, she believes that universal…