Green light for Corrib gas line in Mayo
Alex White, the communications, energy, and natural resources minister, issued a statement last night confirming he had approved the facility subject to 20 conditions relating to environmental management, operation, control, and monitoring at the terminal.
The decision comes almost 20 years after the offshore gas field was discovered in 1996. While development began in 2005, a final route for the pipeline was only approved in 2011. Construction was completed last year and, in August, Shell applied for ministerial consent to begin operations.
