STOKING THE FIRE

They’ve never sat in a cramped hotel room with their family wondering what’s next, they’ve never slept in a doorway in the dead of winter, they’ve never queued up at a soup kitchen, they’ve never been spat at or abused in the street, they’ve never lost a home or been refused a

TAOISEACH Micheal Martin is fearful that the petrol crisis in Britain could have a knock- on effect here.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has admitted that ‘ the cost of gas has gone through the roof’ with households set to pay hundreds of euro more in their bills this winter. So apart from being fearful and concerned, what’s the government doing about it?

So far, there have been no answers, no solutions, no urgency and no hope.

We’re on our own.