A stalled gas supply project proposed for the south-west is now back on track over energy concerns arising from Brexit.

The Government remained adamant last night a €1bn natural gas terminal had not been stalled by developers Shannon LNG.

Political representatives in north Kerry are dismayed by reports that the company behind the Shannon LNG project has pulled the plug.

Despite numerous obstacles which have stalled a €600m liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for the Shannon Estuary, the Government is still in contact with the company about the project.

Accumulated losses at the firm overseeing a stalled €1bn investment on the Shannon estuary last year increased to €51m.

Protection of dolphins and other wildlife was among the key conditions under which planning permission was recently granted for a combined heat and power plant on the Shannon Estuary.

The green light has been given for a combined heat and power plant (CHP) which is expected to create up to 35 full-time jobs in north Kerry when it becomes operational.

A proposal by Shannon LNG for a heat and power electricity-generating plant to serve the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála.

A decision by the energy commissioner is threatening hundreds of jobs and €500m project earmarked for north Kerry.

The promoters of a delayed €600m gas terminal proposed for the Shannon estuary have claimed the development would create “real competition” in Irish gas prices.

A Fine Gael councillor has described as “unacceptable” the failure of the Government to bring a 500-plus jobs project to fruition.

Cheaper energy, job creation and the diversity and security of energy supply are being thrown back in the faces of foreign investors, according to the US-owned Shannon LNG.

A top-level Kerry delegation has been heartened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s support for a €500m gas terminal proposed for the Shannon Estuary, amid serious concerns it would not proceed.

A complaint has been lodged with the Oireachtas Ethics Committee against a Kerry TD for urging Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte to intervene with the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) in relation to a proposed €500m project for the Shannon Estuary.

The chief executive of Shannon Development called on all sides in the dispute on the development of a proposed €1bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to enter talks and reach a compromise solution.

Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte has ruled out intervening in the row between the energy regulator and the company behind the €800m plan for a liquidified gas terminal on the Shannon estuary.

Bord Gáis Networks yesterday warned of higher gas prices, totalling €40m per annum to consumers.

The Taoiseach and the Government were yesterday called on to intervene to save a €500m gas project earmarked for Tarbert, on the Shannon Estuary.

The chief executive of a semi-state company yesterday claimed “a €1 billion investment that will provide 800 jobs is being held up by bureaucracy”.

OBJECTORS to a proposed €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary have described a recent statement by Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte as a “game changer”.

KERRY County Council is seeking a meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny to discuss ongoing delays with plans for a €500 million gas terminal project on the Shannon Estuary.

ACCUMULATED losses at the company seeking to build a €600 million liquefied natural gas import terminal in Co Kerry stood at €29m at the end of last year.

AMID growing concern about the delays in moving ahead with a €500 million project on the Shannon estuary, senior government figures have been asked to get involved.

AMID growing concerns about the delays in moving ahead with a €500 million project on the Shannon estuary, senior government figures have been asked to get involved.

IRELAND’S electricity supply would be endangered if there was any kind of energy shock as we can only store 11 days of gas in this country compared with an EU average of 52 days.

A GRIM warning was issued yesterday that the downward spiral in the fortunes of Shannon Airport would continue unless corrective action is taken to broaden its business base.

DESPITE reports that work on the building of a €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been delayed for at least a year, the company behind the project yesterday insisted it would go ahead.

ACTOR Pierce Brosnan, 55, has come out in support of a group opposing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal development near Tarbert, Co Kerry.

THE promoters of a €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon estuary have given assurances about the safety of a 26km pipeline which will run across country from Tarbert, in Co Kerry, to Foynes, Co Limerick.

WAYLEAVES have been agreed with most of 72 landowners along the route of a 25km gas pipeline that will link a new gas terminal, in Tarbert, Co Kerry, with the national gas grid, near Foynes, Co Limerick, an oral planning hearing has been told.

LEGAL proceedings challenging the proposed development of a €500 million gas terminal near Tarbert in Co Kerry began in the High Court yesterday.

CONCERNS were raised yesterday about health and safety aspects of a €400 million gas terminal to be built on a site between Tarbert and Ballylongford, on the Kerry bank of the Shannon Estuary.

THE building of a €400 million gas terminal near Ballylongford on the Shannon Estuary has moved a step closer following the agreement of a comprehensive package of measures between farmers and the terminal construction company Shannon LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

THE company planning a €500 million liquid gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has confirmed it will seek planning permission within the next eight days.

THE Shannon Estuary is on the threshold of a new industrial dawn which promises to transform the entire industrial aspect of the Mid-West and Kerry.

THE way was opened yesterday for the building of a major gas terminal in the Tarbert/Ballylongford area, after a rezoning decision by Kerry County Council.

Regional development agency Shannon Development has entered into an "option-to-purchase" agreement with Shannon LNG in relation to 281 acres of the 600-acre Shannon Development-owned land bank between Tarbert and Ballylongford, Co Kerry.