Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach needs to ban LNG projects. All such projects are meant to be frozen pending an energy supply review. That decision came about under pressure from environmental campaigners and as a result of the growing awareness of the link between LNG and fracked gas and the extreme danger posed to our environment by fracking. However, the wheels have not stopped turning. We learned last night that New Fortress Energy is on the verge of applying for planning permission for a €650 million LNG terminal for Shannon at Tarbert, with the appeal proceeding to An Bord Pleanála. A representative of the local campaign group Safety Before LNG, John McElligott, said:

It seems that the door is constantly being kept open for Shannon LNG in spite of clear government policy to the contrary. This is unacceptable.

Why is the Taoiseach not heeding his point and closing that door?

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