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We are delighted to welcome Luke McCann to the team at @fploguellp.bsky.social
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'Novel' court action launched against EPA permit for data centre group's power plant

Campaigners claim that the EPA is failing to meet Ireland’s climate obligations in its licensing of power for the data centre.

www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...
'Novel' court action launched against EPA permit for data centre group's power plant
Campaigners claim that the EPA is failing to meet Ireland’s climate obligations in its licensing of power for the data centre.
www.thejournal.ie
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A Co Kilkenny couple has won a landmark decision in the Supreme Court ensuring they can challenge an An Bord Pleanála decision to allow a mobile phone mast to be built beside their property.

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Supreme Court upholds Kilkenny couple's objection to construction of mobile phone mast
Former board deputy chairman Paul Hyde had approved 15m tall mast in 2021
www.irishexaminer.com
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Big decision from the Supreme Court (Woulfe J) today in Thomson v An Bord Pleanála concerning when a court can extend the time limit to bring judicial review and the interpretation of "good and sufficient reason".

@fploguellp.bsky.social for the Appellants

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"Injustice Anywhere Threatens Justice Everywhere"

This hangs outside the door to our office to remind us why we come to work every day
Photo of a Sheppard Fairey image of a man masked with the stars and Stripes with the caption"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere"
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Friends of Irish Environment bring High Court challenge against Shannon LNG permission - Group claims An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Friends of Irish Environment bring High Court challenge against Shannon LNG permission
Group claims An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development
www.irishtimes.com
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Planning for ‘grossly excessive’ Drumcondra apartments refused for second time

Local residents objected to the ‘excessive scale’ of the project, contending the up-to five-storey development would damage the privacy of residents’ adjoining properties

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Planning for ‘grossly excessive’ Drumcondra apartments refused for second time
Local residents objected to the ‘excessive scale’ of the project, contending the up-to five-storey development would damage the privacy of residents’ adjoining properties
www.irishtimes.com
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An important update - we are launching a planning litigation tracker today - still in beta but as far as I am aware the only (semi) reliable source of data on planning litigation in this jurisdiction
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So we are soft-launching a beta of our Planning and Environment Litigation Tracker today 🧵

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So we are soft-launching a beta of our Planning and Environment Litigation Tracker today 🧵

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For the day that's in it, fondly recalling one of the few if not the only instance of @pontifexes.bsky.social Francis' marvellous encyclical Laudato Si' being cited in Irish High Court proceedings
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The tracker is in beta for now, but it will be improved over time. Usual disclaimers apply.

Data made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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This comes amid ongoing misinformed commentary about planning litigation in this country.

Our original tracker for Strategic Housing cut trough some of the💩commentary on large housing developments and was widely used by the public and private sector

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So we are soft-launching a beta of our Planning and Environment Litigation Tracker today 🧵

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Photograph of the Four Courts building in Dublin Ireland