After over six hours of submissions before the planning division of the High Court, all it took to resolve the row between EirGrid and fisherman Ivan Toole over the conditions for access to a disputed area of Dublin Bay was a phone call. As Justice David Holland rose for Thursday’s lunch break, he made a mere “observation”: Without prejudice to the proceedings, EirGrid could make a request to Toole that his company Golden Venture Fishing Ltd lift its fishing gear from an area being surveyed by the power network operator in preparation for the laying of a subsea cable between…

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