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Claudia Savage

NI ‘least energy secure’ part of UK, MLAs warned amid surging oil prices

Northern Ireland is the ‘least energy secure’ and ‘most exposed’ part of the UK to global oil and gas shocks, MLAs have been warned as the Middle East war extended into a fourth day (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Northern Ireland is the “least energy secure” and “most exposed” part of the UK to global oil and gas shocks, MLAs have been warned as the Middle East war extended into a fourth day.

David Honeyford, Alliance MLA for Lagan Valley, said Stormont ministers need to devise a “contingency strategy” if prices rise further given the region’s dependency on home heating oil.

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