Energy cost-burden growing
Perhaps the Economic and Social Research Institute could have chosen a better week to publish a study calling for a new carbon tax.
Perhaps the Economic and Social Research Institute could have chosen a better week to publish a study calling for a new carbon tax. After all, petrol prices are rising sharply, making the €1 a litre level but a distant memory.
Meanwhile last Friday the Commission for Energy Regulation gave the go-ahead for further increases in electricity and gas prices
The prospect of a carbon tax - which would further increase the cost of ...