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€15m plan for 232 homes gets fast-track permission despite fierce local opposition

A large-scale housing development made possible by the €15m sale of convent lands by an order of nuns has provoked widespread local opposition in the Co Wicklow village of Delgany. In 2019, the Carmelite Order of nuns in the town cashed in after selling convent lands to a developer. Now an Bord Pleanála has given the green light to Eddie Holly and Ronan O’Caoimh’s Drumakilla Ltd for 232 homes on the lands. Newly released records by the appeals board show the fast-track Strategic Housing Development (SHD) proposal secured planning in spite of more than 160 objections lodged against the scheme on the 15-acre site.

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