First phase of €126m plan offering compensation for loss of fragile environment. An Bord Pleanála is due to open an oral hearing today into the first phase of a €126 million expansion of Galway harbour that aims to provide cruise liner berths, a marina and potential “mini Sydney opera house” if approved. The four-phase port extension plan involves reclaiming 27 hectares of environmentally sensitive bay area to move the existing port south and provide deepwater berths…
Irish Times, 13/05/15. Read the full article ‘Bord Pleanála hearing into Galway harbour extension to open‘.
