200 jobs created as gas pipeline gets green light

THE creation of 200 jobs on a new gas pipeline between Kerry and Limerick has been welcomed in an area where the construction jobs have dropped by 55%.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2009 - 00:00
Donal Hickey

The Commission for Energy Regulation has given the go-ahead for work on the pipeline for the Shannon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, in Tarbert, Co Kerry, to start.

The 26km pipeline will connect the terminal, at Kilcolgan Lower, Tarbert, to the national gas grid, west of Foynes, Co Limerick, bringing gas to Co Kerry for the first time.

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