In the years after the Brexit referendum, some of the most consequential conversations in European boardrooms sounded less like strategy meetings and were more like therapy sessions to vent frustration at the decision. Ireland’s energy debate is beginning to acquire a similar tone. The old certainties are weakening faster than policymakers appear willing to admit. What was once framed as a settled objection to nuclear power is now colliding with a harsh new reality.  Ireland remains deeply exposed to imported fuels, imported electricity and external infrastructure at the precise moment when the international energy system is simultaneously being jolted by…

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