By:
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times
Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has granted a foreshore licence to Shell E&P Ireland as one of its last outstanding consents for the Corrib gas project.
The license, which is subject to conditions, allows the lead developer to construct the final 8km section of high pressure gas pipeline linking the Corrib field off the Mayo coastline to the terminal built inland at Ballinaboy.
Planning approval has already been granted for the pipeline by An Bord Pleanála, and consents under the Gas and Petroleum Acts were issued by former acting energy minister Pat Carey on the day of the general election.
An Taisce has sought a judicial review of the Bord Pleanála decision, which is before the High Court next Tuesday (tues 29th).
An Taisce’s chairman Charles Stanley-Smith has said that the organisation is “unhappy that such a decision has been made before the judicial review process is completed”, but Mr Hogan’s approval “does not affect the case”.
Posted Date:
25 March 2011