Fuel supply ‘vulnerable’ in event of Brexit

Ireland’s fuel supply could be “extremely vulnerable” and the country left depending on the goodwill of the UK if British voters choose to leave the European Union and the future of Whitegate oil refinery isn’t secured.

Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly said failure to secure the long-term future of the country’s only oil refinery would leave Ireland in a precarious situation in the event of a Brexit.

Should the UK vote to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum it would no longer be bound by EU energy regulations which require member countries to share resources in certain circumstances.