Farmer seeks to challenge ABP's green light for €3.6bn extension by Intel in Kildare

Farmer Thomas Reid is seeking to bring a High Court challenge to An Bord Pleanála's go ahead for computer chip giant Intel Ireland's €3.6 billion expansion in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

In 2015, Mr Reid won a landmark Supreme Court decision against the IDA over the use of compulsory purchase orders for his 72 acre Hedsor House farm which is next to the current 120 acre campus in Leixlip. Under the expansion plan, the facility's acreage will increase by another 30 acres.