Councils join forces to harness Shannon power

THE four main local authorities in the midwest are coming together to harness the potential of the Shannon estuary and to identify sites for future development.

The estuary is the largest in Ireland, covering 1,500sq km and stretching 100km from Limerick city to Loop Head.

Already, the estuary is the location for the €698 million Aughinish Alumina refinery in Co Limerick and the largest coal-burning station in the country at Moneypoint on the estuary’s northern shore.