The Port of Cork’s new €100m Ringaskiddy terminal expansion plan has several key differences to the scheme which was shot down six years ago, the company insisted yesterday.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has been criticised for agreeing reluctantly to a “fleeting” appearance before an oral hearing into plans for a €226 million container terminal in Cork Harbour.

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) launched a full investigation last night after barrels of highly corrosive sulphuric acid fell off a lorry near the hub of Ireland’s chemical industry.

Marino Point, home to the former IFI plant, was considered for the Port of Cork’s new €200m container terminal and berth but was ruled out due to poor transport links.