Rezoning leads way for €400m gas terminal

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.

A 466-acre landbank, which had been zoned rural general and secondary special amenity, was rezoned to industrial status.

Last May, after numerous promised projects failed to come to pass on the Kerry side of the Shannon Estuary, a €400m gas terminal was announced for the area.