Court orders fresh consideration of applications for West Cork salmon farm licences 

Judge determined he had jurisdiction to make minister for the marine and Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board reconsider MOWI's original applications for the Bantry Bay permits

Mr Justice David Holland had previously determined the two salmon farm licences granted to MOWI Ireland for Bantry Bay should be quashed. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Applications for licences to operate an €8.9m salmon farm in Bantry Bay, Co Cork, must be reconsidered, the High Court has ruled.

The court found deficiencies in the assessment of the project’s potential effects on the environment.