I just looked it up. The longest distance between borders in Ireland is 171 miles. Sounds like the perfect place for EVs.
New car buyers do not think so.
Good point. And perhaps it is that simple. I'd research the cold weather in Ireland, though. One reason my wife and I got an EV as one of our cars is because we live in the warm southeastern U.S. Even if the EV still gets you from point A to point B in the harsh cold, the cold might greatly reduce the miles/kWh throughput to make it cost as much or more to charge the EV than driving with a gas car. (Admittedly I don't know if that's true -- I didn't research the math on it because it didn't apply to me.)