Ballina Industrial Development Association called yesterday for a deep-sea port in Killala Bay to service the Asahi plant there. Plans for a £12 million port have been submitted to the Government.
Mr Michael Honan, managing director of Asahi, moved to allay fears about the transportation of the hazardous chemical acrylonitrile by rail from Dublin to Ballina. He said that in the last 19 years the company had moved over half a million tons of the chemical without mishap.