Court refuses to adjourn hearing of challenge against Shannon LNG terminal

Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has brought the challenge against the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment and the State.

A High Court judge has refused the State's bid to adjourn the late June hearing of a challenge over how the controversial €500m Shannon LNG terminal and pipeline was included in a list of EU Projects of Common Interest.

The case, with European-wide implications, centres on the decision-making procedure involving the European Commission and the State leading to the inclusion of the Shannon project in the Fourth EU list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI), entitling projects to the “most rapid treatment legally possible”.