Athenry Apple data centre in limbo following latest delay

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Courts Service has confirmed that the Commercial Court case involving plans for a multi-million euro Apple data centre in Athenry won’t be heard this week.
No date has been set for a decision on the €850 million development, following a series of delays.
The ‘Athenry for Apple’ campaign group says it’s disappointed with the latest delay – which follows several trips to the court in Dublin in anticipation of a decision.
The case, which has been taken by local objectors to Apple’s plans to build the facility on a greenfield site, was due to be heard this week.
Last March, judgment was reserved in the case of the Judicial Review of a decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow the data centre be built. There is concern that the case will be pushed back again until the October sittings. However, no date has yet been set for the hearing.