Bantry Bay salmon farm decision process should be made public - Taoiseach 

The scenic Bantry Bay, where the proposed Marine Harvest Salmon Fish Farm will locate. Picture: Dan Linehan

The background behind the decision to grant a licence for a controversial salmon production facility in West Cork should be made public, the Taoiseach has said.

Micheál Martin was responding to Cork South West TD Holly Cairns in relation to Mowi Ireland's greenlight for a €6m expansion in Bantry Bay, despite vociferous opposition locally and from environmentalists.