CALL TO WITHDRAW AN TAISCE REPORT FAILED BY GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL

Date Published: 20-Apr-2012

There are calls for An Taisce to withdraw its highly critical report on local planning practices around Galway and Ireland, after the heritage body admitted it was flawed.

Galway County Council is one of nine local authorities to fail the report into its record of planning decisions and environmental policy.

However, Donegal was ranked as having the worst planning system in the country.

The report was based on eight aggregated scores for each county but the final published rankings were in fact based on figures from seven and not eight indicators.

Galway County Council has declined to comment on the report when contacted by Galway Bay fm news.

However Donegal Councillor Dessie Larkin says he wants the report withdrawn and an apology issued.