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The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the Making
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Village Magazine
Credit: Visit ClareLabasheeda, derived from the Irish Leaba an Síoda, meaning “the bed of silk”, remains a scenic, contemplative village, largely bypassed by the relentless commercial expansion of recent decades.
Just a few miles before this ‘bed of silk’ stands Cahercon House, another idyll, an imposing estate whose lands have been selected for a new Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) by Gas Networks Ireland.
Credit: urbandoned teamIt was subsequently acquired by the Whelan Group, who deemed this isolated shoreline an apt location for an explosives factory.
An examination of Folio CE947, the precise root title required to anchor the modern pipeline’s landfall reveals a systemic divergence between digital cartography and the legal parchment.
It appears the State has anchored its flagship emergency energy asset to a documented environmental crime scene and a non-existent root of title.