Friends of the Irish Environment challenges Dublin runway plan

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Friends of the Irish Environment challenged the Dublin Airport runway planning extension in the High Court, in proceedings reported on 18 October 2017. The group said the €320 million project could increase greenhouse gas emissions and breach environmental protections.

The State argued that Ireland’s Constitution contains no unenumerated right to an environment. The challenge concerned Fingal County Council’s five-year extension of permission for a proposed 3,110-metre runway, with Dublin Airport Authority plc and Ryanair named as notice parties.