Turning the spotlight on Irish oil dreams

Your paper carries interesting news on oil exploration in Irish waters.

It would seem an opportune moment to ask some serious questions of Government before the next licensing round begins.

Whitegate Refinery is up for sale with a rather ominous tag ‘too small and not competitive’. Is this, then, the death-knell for refining here, leaving us with another storage silo? Present reports are that Barryroe will be producing oil in 3/4 years’ time.