Trump golf course wall battle continues

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.

An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against a recent decision by Clare Co Council to grant planning permission for the construction of two walls to protect the links course at Doonbeg from coastal erosion. The appeal is expected to put the project on hold for at least another six months.

Last month, the council approved a scaled-down version of plans by Trump International Golf Links and Hotel at Doonbeg to build a 2.8km wall at the Carrowmore Dunes in Doughmore Bay which had been withdrawn in 2016.