Sinn Fein has welcomed the announcement of research into the creation of a single all-Ireland energy market. Mr Pat Doherty MLA was speaking after the Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, and the North's Minister of Enterprise, Sir Reg Empey, jointly initiated the study.
"It is significant that energy was not an area listed in the Good Friday agreement for co-operation, yet, as Minister O'Rourke has noted, it has now become one of the most active areas of joint initiatives," he said.