Frontier Entertainment challenges tourism grant refusal

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Frontier Entertainment Ltd brought a High Court challenge over Fáilte Ireland’s refusal of grant aid for The Vaults tourism project, reported on 29 May 2017.

The Dublin 8 project received 52 points, below the scheme’s 55-point passing score, and the company seeks to have the refusal quashed and its application reconsidered.

Permission to bring the challenge was granted ex parte by Mr Justice Seamus Noonan, with the case due back before the court in July. Frontier argues that Dublin projects were disadvantaged by a negative weighting introduced after the application deadline and not disclosed in advance.