An Taisce has welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse permission for a retail and coffee shop near the approach to Mellifont Abbey in Co. Louth.
An Taisce notes that the plan to build a motorway through the Aughrim battlefield site has attracted the objections of heritage interests representing all sides of the political spectrum
"If the worst does happen and new development generates knock-on flooding on adjoining land it will be the taxpayer that will have to pay the cost since properties in such affected areas will become uninsurable"