An Taisce lodges objection to Bord Gas Networks multi-million euro project in north Cork

Ian Lumley of An Taisce has criticised the project. File photo: Frank Miller

An Taisce has lodged an objection with An Bord Pleanála against a multi-million euro plan to create a plant in north Cork which will inject farm-produced gas into the national network.

Bord Gas Networks (GNI) was recently granted planning permission for the plant near Mitchelstown. It is planning to collaborate with around 20 farmers on the project, using anaerobic digesters to break down pig and cattle slurry into biomethane.