Call to see Port of Cork plans

The Port of Cork authority is being asked to provide detailed plans of its proposals to acquire and develop the former IFI (Irish Fertiliser Industries) plant at Marino Point near Cobh.

County councillors are demanding that communities in Cork Harbour have a right to know exactly what’s going to happen at the potentially strategic industrial site.

The Irish Examiner recently revealed the port authority had been involved in a consortium which was expected to acquire the 114-acre site for around €8m and spend a further €10m developing it to handle oil, agri-feed and fertiliser shipping traffic and use the facility’s rail link for biomass freight.