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Mon 11 Nov 2002Corrib gas terminal site to be defended at hearingTwo years after the first planning application was filed, Enterprise Energy Ireland (EEI) intends to defend the location of its proposed Corrib gas field terminal at a resumed hearing in Co Mayo today.The resumed hearing in Ballina by An Bord Pleanála will deal with further information received from EEI - now owned by Royal Dutch Shell - as the main backer of the €125 million project. After the first hearing last February, the appeals board sought further information from the developers.