End of Cork's Marathon gas pipeline link will fuel site sale interest

Closure of Celtic Sea natural gas extraction after over 40 years and two trillion cubic feet of methane gas supplied sees landbase office site and five acres at Mahon up for grabs

Tide turns for Ireland's natural gas supply. Photo by Niall O'Regan

AN end to a 45-year Irish energy chapter — gas extraction off the south coast — brings a valuable suburban Cork property and site to market with a €3.3m price guide; a literal drop in the ocean compared to the value of the energy supply it has been associated with.