The findings were published by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).

Commenting on a European Commission report which said Ireland needed to “substantially revise upward” its housing targets, Prof. Fitzgerald said he was not at all surprised at the report.

The works have gone on display at the Culloden Estate and Spa in Co Down.

The ESB bought some of its energy “three years forward” which has fixed prices, he explained.

Professor Fitzgerald dismissed a proposal by Sinn Féin to reduce electricity prices by returning them back to "pre-crisis levels" at a cost of €1.7 billion

Economist John Fitzgerald has blamed the energy regulator for failing to forecast energy capacity shortages