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DONALD TRUMP’S PROPOSED Atlantic wall in Co. Clare has suffered a setback after An Bord Pleanála decided that it is not a strategic infrastructure development.
The property mogul and presidential candidate bought Doonbeg Golf Club in 2014 but the course is at serious risk of storm damage and coastal erosion.
Trump-owned company TIGL Ireland Enterprise Limited wants to build a 2.8km berm on a sand dune at Carrowmore Bay to protect its investment, but the plan is opposed by conservationists.
In the latest twist in the saga, TIGL’s application to have the wall declared a strategic infrastructure development has been denied by An Bord Pleanála.
Rightly so, argues Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment.
“What happened was the local authority tried to get shot of the decision-making role by suggesting that the developer had descended to the board (An Bord Pleanála) and see if it came under this things called the Strategic Infrastructure Act. Then the board looked at it and decided that this had nothing to do with the strategic infrastructure of Ireland,” he said.
It was suggested that because of the length of the wall that it constitutes an infrastructure project, but it doesn’t. I mean the infrastructure act was intended to fast-track projects by avoiding the local authority stage, for big projects that are important to the national interest. But this is just a golf club.
Examinations of the dunes show that they are being eroded at a pace of about 0.7m per year. Trump aims to stop that with a 5.5-6.5m high barrier but the exact location of those defences has been the subject of debate.
In its decision, An Bord Pleanála makes reference to Doonbeg Golf Club and Resort being a “valuable economic asset to County Clare”. Despite this, it was decided that it was not a strategic infrastructure development:
It is noted that the golf resort is located along the Wild Atlantic Way, however, it is a private facility which does not attract passing tourist trade on any sort of regional scale.Although the proposed development seeks to protect existing local economic resources in the area, the proposed new berm structure and armoustone in its own right would not be of strategic economic or social importance to the State or the region in which it would be situate.
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Good news for Limerick. A good range of jobs too. This is what the government are busy doing getting businesses to invest in Ireland while the media only want to report ‘scandals’. Good news never makes the headlines unfortunately.
140 new jobs over the next three years!! I won’t pop the champagne just yet.
Sound like good jobs and if every big business added 140 jobs it’d add up pretty fast…. probably not as good as your “work from home” jobs though…
Are these “New” jobs or are they contractors being made permanent?
Red thumb as much as you like but it’s a pertinent question. I’ve heard of a big announcement recently in Limerick for 90 new jobs but the reality was the jobs were already filled by existing contractors
I agree, it’s a valid question to ask. It doesn’t necessarily mean that 140 unemployed people will be filling new positions over 3 years.
That’s very true Shane there really wasn’t any ” new” jobs at all .
Those jobs should really be moved to Dublin
Why
Because he is a troll and there always right
Here, there, everywhere.
Troll.
The cost of locating them in Dublin is too high.
It’s a good news and not a bad news story.
Nice stock image of the place too from the Clare hills.
There is a big movement against IW going on in this country that the media does not wish to report on, Instead they make satire articles of the issue.
People should not return any phising packs to IW, don’t engage with them, don’t hand any info over to them. There is very little they can do to force you to pay. They will be swamped in so much paper it will keep them busy till next xmas
Irish water will find it very easy to make people pay. It may take till next Christmas but you’ll still pay.
You can oppose Irish water but don’t let some poor eejits get in to a mountain of debt by doing so.
How many of these are allocated for job bridge?
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