Energy policy is being driven by the unfeasible requirement in law to eliminate GHG emissions by 2050. This is causing price and energy security considerations to be ignored. Energy policy needs to be rebalanced to recognise all three legs of the energy trilemma by ensuring that consumers are protected from excessive prices and that Ireland’s parlous exposure to an energy security of supply risk is addressed. As the energy transition progresses, this requires acceptance that: there will be a long fossil fuel tail up to and beyond 2050; that there is a limit to the amount of renewables consumers should be compelled to underwrite; that Ireland is already, and will continue to be, a major electricity importer and that there is nothing unusual about this; that new overhead transmission lines with thousands of towers will have to be constructed across the country; that a far larger LNG facility than is currently proposed is essential to give diversity of supply and provide strategic storage of natural gas; and, most obviously, that Ireland is an island with no indigenous energy resources that can adequately and reliably meet the country’s energy needs or guarantee energy security. Press Release November 2025 - FINAL Link to RTE article below: https://share.google/edHMTm3te82rHIUGY Link to Newstalk article below: https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGqzdfCtLotU Link to Irish Independent article below: https://www.independent.ie/podcasts/the-big-tech-show/the-big-tech-show-its-time-to-go-nuclear-in-ireland/a1827438181.html Link to Independent podcast below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6kwFZSfFcSGNBEidgJ0aRy