Liam Gorman, Silverwood, Mountmellick, Co Laois, has been repeatedly ordered by the court not to trespass on the 400 acre Garryowen Bog, Tinnahinch, which owned Bord na Mona Biomass (BnMB) Ltd.

Dineen also played cricket for Ireland on over 20 occasions.

Mullooly said he knows the success of cohesion funding, but said regional authorities tell him about the complexities and the administration and the burden that it places on them.

The Minister was responding on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland to comments from Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice who said that 'Ireland should not be told what to do by a foreign power'.