Farmer appeals planning permission for Intel's €3.53bn facility in Co Kildare

A farmer has appealed Kildare County Council’s approval for Intel’s planned new $4bn (€3.6bn) facility at its Leixlip plant to An Bord Pleanála.

The appeals board confirmed that Kildare farmer Thomas Reid has lodged the only third party appeal concerning the new application by the US semiconductor microchip giant for an extended and revised manufacturing fabrication facility, known as a 'Fab'.