Chief
executive
Tony
O’Reilly
said
that
the
oversight
“left
the
licence
open
to
legal
challenge,
which
could
have
resulted
in
undue
delay
in
the
company
carrying
out
its
proposed
activities”.
The
Dublin-
and
AIM-listed
explorer
said
that
it
and
partner
Petronas
had
taken
the
decision
to
give
back
the
permit
awarded
on
SEL
2/11
last
September,
after
talks
with
Irish
government
officials.
In
the
talks
with
the
environment
ministry,
“it
became
clear
that
there
were
certain
elements
of
the
EU
environmental
impact
assessment
directive
were
not
transposed
correctly
in
1999
by
the…
