An environmental scientist involved in a judicial review against the proposed Ennis Data Centre insists the facility is no closer to coming to fruition despite a recent high court judgement.
Last week, Justice Richard Humphreys ruled that An Bord Pleanála’s error not to consider a single bat in a barn near the the proposed Tulla Road Campus should not stop the €1.2bn development.
This is only the first phase of the judicial review, next the court must decide if planners followed due legal process when assessing environmental impacts, after that it will be referred back to An Bord Pleanála for a new planning decision.
Ennis resident and appellant Colin Doyle has been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan that he believes the plans are ludicrous.
You can listen to the full interview here: