Decision on €250m Tralee retail centre deferred amid doubts for its future

AN Bord Pleanála has deferred until January 30 a decision on a massive €250 million shopping development for Tralee.

The delay — in an appeal against the development at the Austin Stack GAA Park/John Mitchels GAA Grounds — comes against a background of growing speculation that the development may not go ahead.

Apart from the general economic downturn, the proposed retail centre, with the potential to employ 1,700 people, has also hit a number of other obstacles.