Court to hear tomorrow if any further appeal to Apple’s Galway data centre plans

A judge may be told tomorrow if there will be any application to appeal his decision permitting tech giant Apple to develop the first phase of a planned €850m data centre in Co Galway, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

A judge may be told tomorrow if there will be any application to appeal his decision permitting tech giant Apple to develop the first phase of a planned €850m data centre in Co Galway, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott, in separate judgments last Thursday, rejected two judicial review challenges to An Bord Pleanala’s permission for the planned data hall at Derrydonnell, Athenry, the first of eight such halls Apple may build over a 15 year period.