Cork councillor calls for Government to start oil refining at Whiddy in Bantry Bay

Call for refining to be developed at the Whiddy terminal 

The Government should purchase the Whiddy terminal in Bantry bay to start oil refining, an independent councillor has said. Picture: Karlis Dzjamko

An oil terminal on an island in Bantry Bay should be developed by the Government to provide more fuel security for the country in the wake of the recent blockade of Ireland's only operating refinery at Whitegate in East Cork.

That’s the opinion of a Beara county councillor Finbarr Harrington, who made the assertions when standing orders were suspended at a county council meeting to discuss the Government handling of nationwide fuel protests.