Wrong site chosen for gas refinery

IN his letter headlined ‘Priests challenged on Erris pipeline stance’ (November 6), Brendan Cafferty writes that the independent Advantica report said the original pipeline was safe.

In fact, the report recommended reducing maximum operating pipeline pressure from 345bar to 144bar.

The report also says that a rupture at 144bar could burn any house within a 166-metre radius and could kill anyone out in the open within a 203-metre radius. This is a risk that Shell and the Government are willing to accept, despite the frequency of landslides in the locality.