Crunch time for decision on Shannon LNG project 

Increased pressure on energy supplies — and increasing urgency on climate change — means the controversial gas storage project in Co Kerry will be a political storm over the coming months

Ballylongford residents in favour of the LNG plant Patsy O'Shea and Teresa Parkerson with the LNG site in the distance. Picture: Domnick Walsh

The long-awaited decision on a €650m liquefied natural gas (LNG) project for the Shannon Estuary, this country’s first, on the southern side of the Shannon estuary between Tarbert and Ballylongford in Co Kerry, is due on September 9.

Few expect the deadline to be met for the giant project covering under a third of the 600-acre landbank once owned by the State .