Jobs boost as €5m retail development gets green light

WEST Clare got a major jobs boost yesterday after the green light was given for a €5 million mixed-use development which will provide 120 jobs.

This follows An Bord Pleanála giving the go-ahead to local businessman John Jones’s retail plan for Miltown Malbay.

In doing so, the appeals board dismissed the recommendation of its own inspector, who stated that permission should be refused on a number of grounds.