By:
Mary Carolan - Irish Times
THE STATE is “almost certain” to appeal against a High Court decision clearing the way for the courts to determine whether the ministerial consent given eight years ago for the Shell Corrib gas pipeline is valid, a judge was told yesterday.
Charles Meenan, for the State, indicated yesterday to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy that it was almost certain an appeal would proceed against her decision last week rejecting his side’s arguments that residents Brendan Philbin and Bríd McGarry were out of time to have certain issues decided by the court.