A date has yet to be set for a Bord Pleanála oral hearing on a planned €10 million explosives plant on the Shannon estuary, according to Gordon Deegan in today's Irish Times.Opponents and supporters of the controversial scheme have been informed of the decision to hold the hearing in a letter sent by the appeals board.
Last March, Clare County Council granted planning permission to the Whelan Group-owned Shannon Explosives to construct the plant at Cahercon pier, Kildysart, on the northern shore of the estuary.
It was the latest move in Clare's longest running planning saga that started nine years ago when plans were first lodged.
IMAGE: Cahercon
