Northern Ireland campaigners are mounting a legal challenge over a Stormont minister’s approval for a gas storage project in Islandmagee near a key Game of Thrones filming location, according to BelfastLive.
InfraStrata’s long-gestating plans to carve salt caves for gas storage under Larne Lough — where scenes featuring ‘The Wall’ from the popular fantasy TV series were filmed — were recently given the green light, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.
But the move to grant a Marine Licence for piping sludge over land from the lough into the sea off Isle of Muck was criticised by a coalition of conservation groups who fear the impact on many species “under considerable threat” at its nature reserve.
It later emerged that NI Environment Minister Edwin Poots went against the advice of his own civil servants when he granted the licence in October.
Now the campaigners of No Gas Caverns Islandmagee have confirmed that legal proceedings against the decision have begun, citing concerns with how the salt caverns will be decommissioned after use.
BelfastLive has much more on the story HERE.