Green party motion to ban €125m gas project in Cork fails

Party's councillors wanted to amend the County Development Plan to ban importing fossil fuels

The proposed liquified natural gas terminal location in Cork Harbour. Projects such as this would have been banned under the amendment, had it passed. File Picture

A move by Green Party members to stop the development of a €125m natural gas processing plant in Cork harbour as well as further oil and gas exploration off the Cork coast has failed.

Green Party councillor Alan O'Connor had sought to have the ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration enshrined in the forthcoming Cork County Development Plan, which is a blueprint currently being drawn up for development in the region for the next six years.