Businessman Pat McDonagh and his Supermac’s fast food franchise wants to build a large motorway service station, complete with retail and restaurant outlets, just off the M18, 4.8km east of Ennis. Shortly before the deadline for submissions closed this month, a single batch of more than 180 letters was received by Clare County Council. This week, it was further revealed that Supermac’s had agreed to pay for the €20 submission fees, though no money had been handed over as yet. Forged signaturesThe company did not say who organised the campaign of submissions, only that a petition was being organised locally. The letter to the council, similar to others delivered in bulk, was alleged to have been sent from Mr Russell’s home in Clarecastle.

Source: The Irish Times August 25, 2018 00:00 UTC