Griffin cited over intervention call on energy project

A complaint has been lodged with the Oireachtas Ethics Committee against a Kerry TD for urging Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte to intervene with the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) in relation to a proposed €500m project for the Shannon Estuary.

Safety Before LNG — an action group opposed to the plan by Shannon LNG to build a liquefied natural gas terminal at Tarbert — yesterday confirmed it had made a complaint against Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin.

Speaking in the Dáil on Feb 20, Mr Griffin called on the Mr Rabbitte to “directly intervene” and guarantee the jobs which the project would bring to north Kerry.