As I write this, there are still 700 ESB customers without electricity. Storm Éowyn wreaked havoc on Ireland’s electricity, water, and communications infrastructure. It exposed our vulnerabilities to extreme weather. The full costs to the economy are yet to be counted. It’s not just the repairs to power lines—it’s also the lost business, the damage to property, and rising insurance costs. The impacts on Irish business were varied: doors closed for business, revenue and tender deadlines missed, orders not delivered, remote workers without broadband and food destroyed and wasted.   For a couple of decades now, we have had enough information…

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