Campaigners fighting undersea gas caverns that will create a dead zone near a nature reserve and Game of Thrones filming site say the case is going straight to the High Court.
Friends of the Earth and No Gas Caverns Islandmagee told Belfast Live there was "no need for an initial hearing to set out why this legal case has merit" as the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs accepted it has a case to answer on all 10 points they raised.
Edwin Poots gave Harland and Wolff Group a marine licence for the controversial project just before visiting COP26 in Glasgow at the end of last year. The company formerly known as Infrastrata wants to solution mine seven large gas caverns under protected Larne Lough to store fossil fuel gas.
