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AUG 25 2022
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
Ennis Data Centre protesters ‘will go to Supreme Court’ PÁRAIC McMAHON
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NVIRONMENTAL GROUP, Futureproof Clare have pledged to fight the proposed development of a data centre in Ennis describing it as “a campaign for our lives and our lifetime”. Earlier this month, the green light was given by Clare County Council for the development of the €1.2bn Data Centre.
Speaking this week at a briefing organised by Futureproof Clare, Chairperson of Ecojustice Ireland, Declan Owens referenced comments by former Mayor of Clare, Tom McNamara (FF) that the Data Centre would be “a goldmine” for the county and remarked that “it could be a goldmine of legal claims”. He said, “We will fight to the Supreme Court and go to the European Court of Human Rights”.
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