Port may reapply for planning of terminal

THE location of a proposed €220 million container terminal should be known by Port of Cork directors next October and the possibility of reapplying for permission to build it in Ringaskiddy has not been ruled out.

Last year Bord Pleanála refused the Port of Cork permission to build the terminal at the Oyster Bank in Ringaskiddy, following major objections from residents living in the lower harbour.

Port of Cork’s chief executive, Brendan Keating, said the shock refusal had put plans for the deep water terminal back up to two years.