Interesting to see how energy support packages are being implemented, or not, in the two jurisdictions on the island.
After people and protester power was exerted in the South, a range of secondary energy supports were delivered to try and quell the rising tide of discontent about cost of living and cost of fuel concerns.
A €100 million Fuel Subsidy Support Scheme to assist farmers, agricultural contractors and fishers facing "unprecedented increases" in fuel costs has also been announced.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has confirmed that the payments will cover the months of March up to the end of July which also coincides with peak fuel usage season for field work on farms.
In the North a slower pace of energy relief packages ensues, with devolved powers holding less in the way of purse strings.
As we are still in the foothills of what is turning out to be perhaps the greatest energy shock experienced globally to date, it is too soon to tell if any relief packages can hold back the tide of upheaval coming our way.
The agriculture sector is sure to be badly hit, both with energy and fertiliser concerns. It can only be hoped that things get sorted sooner rather than later in that war ravaged region of the Middle East.
