By Ann O'LoughlinThe Supreme Court will decide later whether to proceed with hearing an appeal concerning An Bord Pleanala’s approval for the first phase of a €850m data centre for tech giant Apple in Co Galway. If the Supreme Court decides to proceed with the appeal, the State and environmentalist Peter Sweetman will also ask the court to be permitted to intervene. Garret Simons SC, for the State, said, if the appeal is proceeding, the State wished to intervene in support of the Board’s position. An artist's impression oft he now-scrapped proposed Apple data centre in Athenry. The applicants sought a Supreme Court appeal after the High Court's rejection of their case last October.

Source: Evening echo May 10, 2018 09:45 UTC