APPLICATION FOR INIS OIRR FISH FARM NEARING COMPLETION

Date Published: 09-Feb-2012

Details are being finalised for an application for a fish farm off the Galway coast, which could create hundreds of jobs.

Bord Iascaigh Mhara is completing its Environmental Impact Statement as part of the application for the deep-sea fish farming licence near Inis Oírr.

It's expected to lodge the application to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the next week.