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Europe facing energy price increases ‘we have not seen the likes of before’ - Taoiseach

Micheál Martin was speaking at the Fianna Fáil party think-in where he said the government would be looking to allocate as much money as possible to a cost-of-living package, separate to this year’s Budget

Responding to reports that there were again internal murmurings about the condition of Fianna Fáil as a party, Martin dismissed such reports as “navel-gazing”. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Projected energy price increases are of a scale that “we have not seen the likes of ever before”, the Taoiseach has said.

Micheál Martin was speaking at the Fianna Fáil party think-in in Mullingar on Monday morning, where he said the government would be looking to allocate as much money as possible to a cost-of-living package that will be delivered in 2022, separate to this year’s Budget.

“We are now looking at price increases in ...