Lower harbour plans ‘will wipe out fishing jobs’

THE livelihoods of inshore fishermen will be wiped out if the Port of Cork builds a €226 million container terminal in the lower harbour, an oral hearing was told yesterday.

And it will severely restrict sailing pursuits and introduce new hazards for sailors, local sailing experts told the Bord Pleanála hearing into the project earmarked for Oyster Bank in Ringaskiddy.

The comments were made during day six of the hearing which saw the first of up to 60 third-party submissions from the public.