When the ‘interests of the common good’ no longer apply
THE Constitution, in the section outlining the fundamental rights of every citizen in Ireland, says that the courts, and all other bodies or persons making decisions that affect you, must treat you fairly.
As a community bound by the processes and decisions of the almighty An Bord Pleanála, we are digging deep to maintain belief in the application of the principle of fair treatment, given the news of its incredible fourth deferral of a decision on Indaver’s third attempt to build a large commercial incinerator in Cork Harbour, leaving its statutory deadline of July 12, 2016, abandoned in the dust some eight months back.
