McGrath Limestone Works loses quarry assessment challenge

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McGrath Limestone Works Limited lost its High Court challenge to an environmental impact assessment requirement on 30 July 2014, when its judicial review application was refused.

The case concerned quarrying works at Cong, County Mayo, where Mayo County Council and An Bord Pleanála required an application for substitute consent supported by an environmental impact statement and appropriate assessment.

Justice Charleton rejected the company’s arguments on legitimate expectation, fair procedures, irrationality, property rights, statutory reasoning and constitutionality, finding no defect in the Board’s decision-making.