Update:5pm Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described the decision by Apple to shelve its plans for a data centre in Athenry as "regrettable". Update - 11.53am: Apple's scrapping of data centre plans 'a permanent black mark against Athenry'Apple's decision to shelve its plans for a multi-million euro data centre in East Galway has been described as a "hammer blow" for the area. 9.13am: Apple scraps plans for Athenry data centreTechnology giant Apple has announced it will not pursue its plans to build a new data centre in Athenry, Co Galway. Apple had planed to build a state-of-the-art data centre on a 500 acre Coillte-owned site just outside Athenry. An artists' impression of the now-scrapped data centre.

Source: Evening echo May 10, 2018 08:18 UTC