Irish Examiner view: Sooner the better

Oil supplies

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan. The sooner that oil supply is protected in legislation the better.

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has recently stressed the need for laws designed specifically to respond to a potential oil emergency.

This may seem alarmist, particularly as the country’s current reserves are adequate and there is no obvious threat to supplies on the horizon, but the longer the war in Ukraine rages, for instance, the longer uncertainty about fuel supplies lasts in Europe.