An Eirgrid report today details that there will be a shortfall in electricity over the next 4-5 years.

This is being driven by rising demand which can be attributed primarily to data centres in Ireland.

Daniel Murray, journalist with the Business Post, Dr Paul Deane - Senior Research Fellow at the MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at UCC and Jennifer Whitmore, climate spokesperson for the Social Democrats joined The Last Word to discuss.

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