Council ‘committed’ to aiding oil exploration off south coast

Cork County Council is committed to providing every infrastructure assistance possible to develop one of the country’s largest fishing ports and aid companies intent on exploring for oil and gas off the south coast.

Council ‘committed’ to aiding oil exploration off south coast

County manager Martin Riordan, who gave the assurance, said he recognised there was great potential for oil and gas industries to exploit the natural resources under the sea bed and wanted to aid such economic activity in any way he could.

He described as timely a plea from Cllr Jerry Sullivan for more support for undersea exploitation of natural resources.

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