A MAJOR hurdle has been cleared in a proposal to build a €500 million gas- powered electricity plant on the Shannon Estuary.

HOPES were voiced yesterday that there would be no further delays in going ahead with a €500 million natural gas-fired energy project in Tarbert, Co Kerry.

PLANS by Endesa to reduce its workforce by 35 at its electricity generating plant, in north Kerry, were greeted by disappointment in the area yesterday.