'We need our local shops and businesses to survive' - Priest's concern over Lidl store plan

The application by Lidl for supermarket in Sixmilebridge is facing local opposition

Fr Harry Bohan in Sixmilebridge, Co Clare. Picture: Eamon Ward

Prominent Catholic priest, Fr Harry Bohan has expressed fears for local retailers in a small Co Clare town in response to plans by German discount giant, Lidl to construct a new store there.

The application by Lidl for Sixmilebridge is facing local opposition and Fr Bohan has told Clare Co Council in a submission that Sixmilebridge “is changing fast, probably too fast. Our local, human, social values are threatened”.