Friends of the Irish Environment loses runway challenge

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Friends of the Irish Environment CLG failed in its challenge to Dublin Airport runway planning permission before Ireland’s High Court, reported on 1 November 2017. The court recognised a personal constitutional right to an environment consistent with human dignity and well-being, but found the group had not established the necessary standing or a disproportionate interference with that right.

The judgment also found that planning and environmental-impact legislation did not require further public participation in granting the five-year extension. It said the climate legislation did not alter the relevant planning provision, and declined to grant the relief sought.