Appeal lodged over rejection of 61 houses in Kilkishen
*Kilkishen village. AN APPEAL has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the decision to deny planning for 61 houses in Kilkishen.
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Plans to build houses on old Shannon Shamrock site stalled as Council seek further information
*The old Shannon Shamrock. PLANS TO DEMOLISH the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty and build 67 houses on the site have hit a roadblock with Clare County Council.
HSE given deadline over planned €25m hospitals for lands at St Flannan’s College
*Teachers at St Flannan’s College where the site is earmarked for. AN BORD PLEANÁLA has given the HSE a deadline of later this month to confirm that there is Uisce Éireann capacity to accommodate its contentious plan for a €25m community hospital on diocesan-owned green space at St Flannan’s college.
€1.4bn to be spent on Sceirde Rocks off-shore windfarm
*Sceirde Rocks. A TOTAL of €1.4bn is going to be the “significant initial investment” in a planned 450 MW wind-farm with 30 turbines over 1,000 ft high in the Atlantic Ocean off the Co Clare and Co Galway coasts.
Environmental effects prompt An Bord Pleanála to admit flaw in planning permission for Ennis Data Centre
*An artist’s impression of the Ennis Data Centre. AN BORD PLEANÁLA has conceded there is a flaw in the planning permission it granted for a €1.2bn data centre campus in Ennis.
An Bord Pleanála gives green light for Moneypoint power station conversion to ‘last resort’ Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) generator
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon AN BORD Pleanála has granted the green light to the ESB to convert the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station in West Clare to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO).
An Bord Pleanála delays on Newmarket-on-Fergus wastewater treatment plant ‘not acceptable’
*Photograph: John Mangan DELAYS from An Bord Pleanála in announcing the outcome of an appeal to the building of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus is “not acceptable”.
Ennistymon farmer refused planning over pollution fears for Ballymacraven River
*Ballymacraven River. AN BORD PLEANÁLA has refused planning permission to an Ennistymon farmer in a planning row between two North Clare farm households.
Groups initiative judicial review against Ennis Data Centre
APPLICANTS seeking a judicial review to the proposed Ennis Data Centre will present their case before the High Court on Monday.
Supermac’s MD hits out at red tape stating that he has spent €1.5m on stalled Ennis plaza
*A sketched impression of the Supermac’s Plaza. SUPERMAC’s MD, Pat McDonagh has hit out at ‘red-tape’ after revealing that he has spent “well in excess of €1.5m” on professional and legal fees to date on his stalled €10m Barack Obama style Supermac’s motorway plaza for Clare.