The Supreme Court will decide later whether to proceed with hearing an appeal concerning An Bord Pleanála’s approval for the first phase of a €850 million 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 was proceeding, the State wished to intervene in support of the planning board’s position. Apple’s announcement it is not proceeding comes after the Supreme Court last week said it would hear the appeal by Mr Daly, of Athenry, and Ms Fitzpatrick, who lives close to the site. RejectionThe applicants sought a Supreme Court appeal after the High Court’s rejection of their case last October.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2018 09:52 UTC