Ryan tells foreign investors that Ireland’s power system can handle new high-energy facilities

The Minister for the Environment was responding to a Business Post report which revealed that Ireland could lose out on a new multibillion-euro Intel microchip facility

Eamon Ryan, the Minister for the Environment: ‘We have said to the IDA that we will make sure you have the power supplies you need to assist in the further industrial development of the country.’ Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Eamon Ryan has sought to reassure foreign investors that Ireland’s power system is capable of supporting new high-energy facilities in the years ahead.

Responding to a Business Post report which revealed Ireland could lose out on a new multibillion-euro Intel microchip facility due to concerns over our creaking power system, the Minister for Environment said he was confident the country could still deliver on energy security while decarbonising the electricity system.

“We can and will ...