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An Taisce a leading threat to future of Rural Ireland
9th May 2021 - Fine Gael Press Office
Four Fine Gael TDs – all former Ministers – and two Senators have strongly criticised An Taisce for appealing a High Court decision to grant planning permission for a €140m cheese plant on the Kilkenny/Waterford border.
Deputies Charlie Flanagan (Laois/Offaly), Paul Kehoe (Wexford), John Paul Phelan (Carlow Kilkenny) and David Stanton (Cork East) and Senators Garret Ahearn (Tipperary) and John Cummins (Waterford) said it is not too late for An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland – to withdraw their appeal.
“Glanbia’s proposed investment at Belview is a joint venture with a Dutch firm specialising in cheesemaking. This notice to appeal the decision made by Kilkenny County Council, An Bord Pleanala and now the High Court doesn’t cast Ireland in a good light locally, regionally or internationally – particularly at a time when we urgently need fore