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<\/p>\n\u201cRising costs in Ireland are affecting every home\u201d Mayor<\/p>\n
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Mayor of Killarney\u00a0Cllr Martin Grady, joined demonstrators in Killarney on Sunday, where he expressed his support for the community while acknowledging the growing financial pressures facing households across Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to sincerely thank the protesters for keeping the demonstration peaceful and respectful,\u201d he said. \u201cI also commend An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for their assistance in ensuring traffic management and public safety throughout the event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cllr Grady highlighted that the ongoing fuel crisis and rising cost of living are no longer abstract concerns, but daily realities for families in Killarney, across Kerry, and throughout the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is impacting everyone, from young families trying to make a start in life while having a serious impact on hauliers, fishermen, and farmers which will have knock on effects on groceries and building materials. It affects parents commuting to work, families dropping children to school, and individuals simply trying to manage everyday expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
While acknowledging that measures have been introduced at national level, he stressed that they are falling short of what is needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeasures have been taken, but they are not enough. If people were seeing clear benefits through improved services, housing, and healthcare, there would be greater acceptance. People need to feel they are getting real value for the taxes they pay.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed to Ireland\u2019s position as one of the highest-taxing countries in Europe in terms of carbon taxation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIreland now has one of the highest and fastest-rising carbon taxes in Europe, currently reaching \u20ac71 per tonne of CO\u2082, with plans to increase to \u20ac100 per tonne by 2030. This places us among the highest in Europe, second only to countries such as Sweden and Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cllr. Grady also raised concerns about the burden of electricity costs on Irish households.<\/p>\n
\u201cIreland continues to have some of the highest residential electricity costs in the EU, often ranking alongside Germany and Denmark. Irish households are paying between 30% and 48% more than the EU average, amounting to hundreds of euro extra per year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people of Ireland deserve fairness. They deserve to see that the taxes they are paying are being reinvested in a way that supports their daily lives. Right now, too many families feel the pressure without seeing the return.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRising costs in Ireland are affecting every home\u201d Mayor Mayor of Killarney\u00a0Cllr Martin Grady, joined demonstrators in Killarney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-614408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}