Trump may hold council liable over Doonbeg remedial works

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has threatened to hold Clare County Council responsible for any income lost as a result of “obstruction” of his efforts to carry out vital remedial works at his west Clare golf course.

Documents posted on their website by environmental lobby group Friends of the Irish Environment show tensions between lawyers for the US investment mogul and the council after Mr Trump brought “rock armour” on site to strengthen the defences of the Doonbeg golf course against coastal erosion.

The golf course suffered €1m worth of damage during storms that battered the coast last winter. However, the use of rock armour to protect the site is banned, according to the detailed 2011 planning permission document allowing the golf course’s development.