A campaigner against the Corrib gas project in Co Mayo has urged the High Court to quash a ministerial consent for a pipeline bringing gas to a refinery at Ballinaboy. Ms Harrington is challenging a December 29th 2015 consent, issued under the Gas Act, by then Minister Alex White for a pipeline transporting gas from the Corrib gas field to the Ballinaboy refinery. Before the gas could run from point a to point b, the other consents had to be in place, she said. The Aarhus Convention – concerning public participation in decision making affecting the environment – was ratified by Ireland in 1997 although it was not transposed into Irish law until relatively recently, she said. The December 2015 consent must be assessed in a context of the integrated public participation provided for under the Aarhus Convention, she said.

Source: The Irish Times February 13, 2018 19:41 UTC