Oil fever returns to our shores

Although the commercial viability of the Barryroe oil field has been established, the next stage is by no means risk-free.

However Providence’s top man is optimistic, insisting the prospect is a real game changer, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

IT’S almost 30 years since Dallas, JR, Bobby and Miss Ellie; 30 years since punter investors lined up to acquire shares in Atlantic Resources; 30 years since the great Irish oil rush.