Controversial approval of oil terminal in Belfast Lough to be quashed

Jubilant campaigners outside court on Monday Photo by Press Eye

Alan Erwin

A controversial decision to approve the multi-million pound expansion of an oil terminal on the shores of Belfast Lough is to be quashed, a High Court judge confirmed today.

Mr Justice McAlinden granted the order by consent in a legal action mounted by residents in Whitehead, Co Antrim.