Minsterial Taskforce to Examine Relocation of Dublin Port

Minister for the Environment John Gormley recently announced the establishment of a taskforce to advise on the future of Dublin Bay with a mandate that will include the removal of Dublin Port and seeking "sustainable redevelopment" of its 650-acre land bank.

Comment: This measure is obviously designed to lend weight to the proposal to create a new port at Bremore, in the process closing down Dublin Port and perhaps others around the country.

In 2005, Meath County Council rezoned 240 acres of land at Gormanston, Co Meath for Industrial and logistics development in the East Meath Development Plan. The lands are adjacent to Bremore, the proposed location of the new port.

Sources:

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2008/05/taskforce-to-look-at-port-relocation.html

http://www.droghedaport.ie/cms/publish/article_231.shtml

http://www.droghedachamber.com/cms/publish/article_339.php

http://www.droghedaport.ie/cms/publish/newport.shtml