The owner of Supermacs has again dismissed suggestions that a planned Barack Obama style motorway development on the outskirts of Ennis will be detrimental to the town.
It’s after a group of Ennis Chamber retailers have signalled their intention to lodge a submission aimed at preventing the ten million euro development on the M18 motorway at Skehanagh.
They’ve raised a number of concerns including the impact on traffic, existing businesses in the town and in areas leading to Clare’s tourism hotspots, jobs displacement and the visual impact of the proposed development on the rural landscape.
But Pat McDonagh has been telling Clare FM’s Fiona Cahill that he believes existing businesses would benefit from this new project:
The group of objectors are from existing businesses involved in the convenience grocery, forecourt, general retail, hospitality and tourism sectors in Ennis.
Owner of the Old Ground Hotel, Allen Flynn, who’s among the objectors, believes years of work aimed at boosting the county’s tourism product would be undone:
