Éirígí For A New Republic is set to host an energy crisis-themed public meeting in Athlone on Tuesday, November 8.
Cathaoirleach Éirígí, Brian Leeson, will be the main speaker at the meeting, which will start at 7.30pm in Venue 4 on Bastion Street on the westside of the town.
“Over the last 12 months electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, petrol and diesel prices have all skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. These price increases are already causing very real pain for families all across Ireland. That pain is set to get much worse as we head into the colder, darker winter months.
“The political establishment - which includes both the Government and ‘so called’ opposition - are refusing to even consider the steps that need to be taken to deliver long-term, secure, affordable energy for Irish homes and businesses. Instead, they are putting forward short-term proposals that will transfer billions of euros of public money to big energy companies that are already earning super profits.
“Éirígí is hosting this public meeting in Athlone to give people from the town and the surrounding areas an opportunity to hear the truth about the energy crisis - to hear how the energy policies of successive governments have squandered Ireland’s energy potential and left us at the mercy of Big Energy,” Éirígí’s local representative, Mickey Moran, said.
In his contribution, Brian Leeson will show how control of Ireland’s natural gas, oil and renewable energy resources was handed to the private sector over the course of several decades, resulting in the disastrous consequences that we are seeing today.
He will also map out the steps that need to be taken to take back control of our energy resources and to deliver secure, affordable energy for this and future generations of our people.
“I’d strongly encourage people from Athlone and the surrounding areas to come along to the meeting in Venue 4 at 7.30pm on November 8. I think people will find the content of the meeting very interesting and informative. Entry to the meeting is free of charge and it’s open to all. Bígí linn,” Mr Moran concluded.
