The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Black Gold ie Oil; Data the new Gold: We may be facing protectionism once more in the West but we need to keep our eye on geopolitics too. We need oil and Ireland is so exposed because most of our supply comes through UK who in turn gets a lot of its energy resources from France who relies on Nuclear Energy. For Ireland, hence we pay the highest energy costs in Europe. Life long learning is what politics is about and that is for all people.

NEW: How Western oil companies bet on Kazakhstan — and ended up at the mercy of Vladimir Putin Inbox The

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Independent TD, Mattie McGrath has hit out at the “sense of entitlement” he says exists in the Coalition government after it was revealed that an Taoiseach Simon Harris has spent almost €500,000 on private flights in 6 months – adding that the spend typified the “I’m worth it” mentality which produced the bike shed “scandal”. From The Gript, Harris is way out of Control, Dealing with Israel, Harris is like, a Mouse at a Cats Convention, way out of his Depth? Then the Bike Shed, Disneyland Ireland?

The Times reported that the total of almost €500,000 over six months on private flights for Simon Harris included a

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