National gas network to be extended to Cootehill

Following a recent review by Gaslink, the Commission for Energy Regulation has recently approved the connection of Cootehill to the national gas network subject to specific contractual commitments for gas usage being entered into. Should Gaslink succeed in securing the requisite contractual commitments, it will enable the connection of the town to the gas network within 12 months. Brendan Smith TD told The Anglo-Celt that at the request of the Fianna Fáil Town Councillors Sean Igoe, Michael McCarey and Don Smith that he had been raising for some time the need to extend the national gas supply to Cootehill and the up-to-date position was conveyed to him in response to a Parliamentary Question he tabled for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte in Dáil Éireann. For full story and more news from the Cootehill area, see this week's Anglo-Celt.