Ireland and UK to announce closer collaboration on energy at summit

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaks during a reception at Museum of Liverpool, ahead of the first in a new series of annual UK-Ireland Summits taking place in Britain. Picture: Cameron Smith/PA Wire

The Taoiseach and British prime minister are set to announce closer collaboration on energy production at a joint summit on Thursday.

Micheál Martin and Keir Starmer will agree to a new data-sharing programme, with the aim that commercial developers will be able to increase offshore energy production.