Objectors to the Trump Doonbeg resort’s plans to put in place coastal protection works are to miss out on challenging the plan at a public planning forum.

A US group based 5,000 miles away from Doonbeg on Clare’s coast has put the brakes on plans by the Donald Trump-owned golf resort constructing its 38,000 tonne rock barrier.

US president Donald Trump is facing a further battle in a long-running row with environmentalists over controversial plans to build sea defences to protect his 18-hole golf course in west Clare.

The Trump family have secured their first planning victory for their luxury golf links resort at Doonbeg.

A dispute over a public right of way at a golf course in Co Clare owned by a company of US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been resolved, the Supreme Court has heard.