'Ardnacrusha would take 25 years to go through today's planning'
Ardnacrusha hydropower station in Co Clare. Mayor of Clare councillor Alan O’Callaghan told industry leaders: 'If you had to do Ardnacrusha today, it would take 25 years to get planning or get someone to make a decision on it'.
Industry leaders in the Midwest were told today that if the Government was to propose the Ardnacrusha hydropower station today, it would take 25 years to get through the planning process.
At a Shannon Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Dromoland Castle hotel, Mayor of Clare Fianna Fáil councillor Alan O’Callaghan lashed out at the current bottle-necks in the planning system that are delaying decisions.
