Robbie Henshaw in planning row with neighbour over gym in his back garden

Robbie Henshaw in planning row with neighbour over gym in his back garden

Planning files show Robbie Henshaw sought retrospective planning permission for a garden shed and a covered side passage at his two-storey, semi-detached house after Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council issued him with enforcement proceedings last December. File photo: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Irish rugby star Robbie Henshaw is having to tackle a problem as big as this summer’s Lions tour to South Africa closer to home as the player has become embroiled in a planning row over a gym he erected in the back garden of his Dublin home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A neighbour of the Ireland and Leinster centre has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála over what she claims are unauthorised developments at Henshaw’s home in Clonskeagh.

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