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Judge refuses to allow locals appeal against €850m Apple data centre ruling
Summary
A High Court judge, Mr Justice Paul McDermott, refused to allow two local residents to appeal his decision that cleared the way for Apple to develop the first phase of an €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway. The judge said the residents' case did not raise a point of law of exceptional public importance or a public interest that would justify an appeal. He noted that many of the residents' arguments were a re‑argument of points already considered by An Bord Pleanala and the High Court. The residents, Sinead Fitzpatrick and Allan Daly, had claimed that An Bord Pleanala had failed to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the masterplan of eight data halls and that the Board had not addressed the energy demand and greenhouse‑gas implications.
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What: Report matter: Judge refuses to allow locals appeal against €850m Apple data centre ruling. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2017-11-01 Publication
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