Alice Chambers
Business Correspondent at The Currency
Award-winning journalist, business correspondent @thecurrency ([email protected]). Formerly @noteworthy_ie, @ABC News, @columbiajourn, @anticorruption.
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1 week ago |
thecurrency.news | Alice Chambers
In March, An Bord Pleanála granted Aughinish Alumina Limited permission to expand. The Russian-owned company operates an alumina refinery on the Shannon Estuary, near Foynes in Limerick. It refines around 1.9 million tonnes of alumina per year, according to its website. Alumina is a critical component of aluminium.
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1 week ago |
thecurrency.news | Alice Chambers
On April 11, The Currency broke the news that wind farm developer Corio was pulling out of its Sceirde Rocks offshore wind site in the west of Ireland, making it almost impossible for Ireland to meet its 2030 renewable energy targets. The Macquarie-owned developer said it was abandoning the project shortly after the company announced a global restructuring.
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1 week ago |
thecurrency.news | Alice Chambers
An Bord Pleanála has rejected a midlands data centre’s application to be considered a strategic infrastructure development (SID) and has advised that the planning application should be made to Westmeath County Council in the first instance instead. The application was made by Red Admiral DC, which is owned by Offaly businessman Nigel Reams and forms part of his Lumcloon Energy Group, according to the planning file.
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1 week ago |
thecurrency.news | Alice Chambers
The last time Niall Molloy spoke to The Currency, in May 2024, he was highly critical of the State’s approach to data centres. He was concerned about the regulatory void around data centre connections and the slow pace of development, telling Tom that the perfect couldn’t be the enemy of the good. “We need to tidy up the regulatory piece, and we need to have a degree of political courage,” he said.
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2 weeks ago |
thecurrency.news | Alice Chambers
An Bord Pleanála and the State have been granted leave to appeal the High Court judgement straight to the Supreme Court in a case that “raises very important issues” for how public bodies such as planning authorities consider climate law. As a matter of general public importance, the case met the constitutional criteria allowing it to skip the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court ruled. All parties supported this expedited step.
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