Questions over protected tiny snail stall Trump's Doonbeg pickle ball courts plan

In 2014 shortly after purchasing the resort, Mr Trump told reporters that he would be a friend to the EU-protected species at the site

Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Co. Clare

Questions around the impact on a tiny 2mm protected snail, the Vertigo Angustior is stalling plans by Donald Trump’s Doonbeg resort in west Clare for new pickle ball courts and other resort improvements.

This follows Clare County Council writing to Mr Trump’s TIGL Ireland Enterprises Ltd requesting a report from the firm on the potential for the proposed works to impact on the EU-protected Vertigo Angustior’s population at the Trump-owned lands.