A €257m, 10-year tourism masterplan for our national parks has been a long time coming, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

The onshore Moroccan asset partially held by Irish exploration company Fastnet Oil & Gas is likely to hold more than double the amount of reserves than first anticipated, and could be worth nearly $60 million (€45m) to the Dublin firm.

Fastnet Oil & Gas has released findings of an independent survey of the Shanagarry licence, off the Cork coast, which indicates the asset has the potential to rival Providence Resources’ nearby Barryroe field.

Opponents of a controversial incinerator today questioned the independence of a study by a leading think-tank backing the scheme.