Calls for Port of Cork to cut ties with US firm

The Port of Cork is facing calls to cut ties with a US firm which could see fracked gas being imported through, and stored in, Cork Harbour.

It follows a near-unanimous vote by city councillors this week in support of a Green Party motion which called on councillors to write to the Port of Cork and the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and the Environment, Richard Bruton, to formally request that they cease any work to develop facilities in the harbour to “enable the importation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) extracted using hydraulic fracturing". Independent Cllr Kieran McCarthy abstained on the vote.