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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Shauna Corr

Ireland fails to meet EU gas reduction target of 15% after Ukraine war

Ireland had the lowest reduction in gas consumption across Europe over the past eight months according to latest Eurostat figures.

EU gas use fell 17.7 per cent between August 2022 to March 2023 compared to averages for the same months from 2017 to 2022.

But Irish demand for the fossil fuel dropped less than 0.2% - meaning we also missed a European Commission target to cut it by 15% after the invasion of Ukraine.

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