SECOND HIGH COURT CHALLENGE TO CITY OUTER BY PASS DISMISSED

Date Published: 09-Oct-2009

The High Court has dismissed a second challenge to the Bord Pleanála approval of the Eastern half of the Galway City outer bypass.

Mr Justice George Birmingham refused leave to appeal to environmental group Hands Across the Corrib Ltd this afternoon.

Earlier he dismissed a challenge by environmentalist Peter Sweetman of Lower Rathmines Road in Dublin.

He took the case against the Bord and the State claiming that the road approval breached the Natural Habitats regulations.

It’s now likely the National Roads Authority will fund research on the new route options for the Western half of the Outer city bypass.

Speaking outside the High Court, Hands Across the Corrib campaigner Mary Francis O’Chonghaile vowed to fight on.