#PortRivals – Objections by Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) to the expansion of Galway Port are "spurious", "without any sound basis", and motivated by "self-interest" says Independent Galway West T.D. Noel Grealish.

Dep Grealish launched a blistering attack on the Limerick based company during an oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála into the planned €126m port redevelopment in Galway city, accusing the SFPC of objecting to the proposed development "simply for their own financial gain".

"Foynes seem to think they have a God-given right to take all the business along the western seaboard," he said. "They don't want any other port to compete with them in any way and they are afraid if Galway gets the go-ahead they will be at a loss."

For more on this story, the Galway Advertiser reports here and follows a previous report elsewhere, which referred to SPFC as one of several opposing the proposed project.