Energy

Eamon Ryan in Paris: Ireland is a global player in new energy paradigm

The environment minister says there are opportunities for Ireland and industry as gas demand collapses

Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, at the International Energy Agency conference, Paris: Ireland’s use of gas will ‘shrink dramatically’ Picture: IEA

For two days in Paris last week, Eamon Ryan co-chaired the most important international energy event in the world.

Addressing the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) conference alongside John Kerry, the US climate envoy, Emmanuel Macron, the French President, and Ursula Von Der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, Ryan outlined why humanity had become hooked on fossil fuels.

“It's no wonder it has transformed our world. It turned us from donkeys into cheetahs overnight. ...