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Thu 12 Dec 2006IDA warns of power crisis if swift action not takenThe Government must accelerate the construction of electricity interconnectors to the United Kingdom to stave off major power shortages, IDA Ireland has warned.The new electricity links to the UK are due to be completed by 2012 under plans before Minister for Natural Resources Noel Dempsey.