Board under ‘no external pressure’ over Corrib gas

AN BORD Pleanála was not subjected to any external pressure in relation to the €900 million Corrib Gas project, the head of the authority said yesterday.

Meanwhile, major questions have been raised by the analysis conducted for the Centre for Public Inquiry (CPI) which claims the proposed route of the Corrib gas pipeline is not acceptable on safety grounds because it runs too close to people’s houses.

Claims the pipeline cannot rupture from internal corrosion “need to be seriously challenged and investigated”, according to CPI.