Advisory body warns Government dependence on fossil fuel imports risks disruption and sabotage
Meanwhile at Cabinet, energy minister Darragh O’Brien received Government approval to issue letters to the board of ESB and EirGrid noting the €3.5bn in additional equity to support investment in electricity grid infrastructure over 2026-2030. File photo: Gareth Fuller/PA
Ireland's lack of a strategic fuel reserve leaves the country at risk of disruption and sabotage, the Government has been warned.
The warning comes in a report from the National Economic and Social Council (Nesc) presented to Cabinet on Tuesday, which says that Ireland’s fossil fuel import-dependency "is a strategic vulnerability".
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