Upgrade works at Trump's Doonbeg won't impact on protected snail, says report

Shortly after purchasing Doonbeg, Donald Trump told reporters he would be a friend to the vertigo angustior at the site. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Eco-experts employed by US president-elect Donald Trump’s Trump Doonbeg golf resort in Co Clare flew over 200 resort soil sub-samples for analysis to Britain this year as part of a survey for the tiny 2mm protected snail at the resort, the Vertigo Angustior.

That is according to a new report lodged with Clare County Council on behalf of Trump Doonbeg which states that upgrade works for the golf resort will not impact the EU-protected snail species.