Taoiseach Micheál Martin has admitted the Government "was taken a bit by surprise" about the current challenges to the energy supply and conceded that "people would perhaps have expected an earlier warning system".

The Government has launched a review into the energy supply concerns that have accelerated in recent months.

We ask what needs to be done going forward? To discuss Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinty College Dublin, John Fitzgerald.

We’re also joined by Neil McDonnell, the CEO of ISME, that issued a “emergency warning” over energy prices In Ireland.