We are living in scary times, with many threats confronting us at once. How do you respond when you hear Bill Gates saying we are already at risk from biological or cyber attacks from artificial intelligence (AI)?

What can you do when extreme weather events could kill up to half a million people this winter because of a super charged El Niño? How will the wars in Iran and Ukraine end when Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem more desperate by the day?

The cost-of-living crisis caused by those wars is one thing we can quickly do something about. The crisis is real and could unfold dramatically as energy supplies continue to be attacked.

In Ireland, we are particularly exposed because we rely so heavily on imported fossil fuels in power generation, agriculture and transport especially.

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Our ability to respond comes from the fact that we have the financial means to help protect us, but also a way forward to address the underlying cause of........

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