An Bord Pleanála disallows mast application saying it doesn't adhere to ministerial guidelines

Separately, two new judicial reviews regarding ABP mast decisions which were similarly approved despite allegedly not taking the ‘last resort’ principle into account, were lodged at the High Court on Monday. File picture

An Bord Pleanála has disallowed an application for a telecommunications mast in a Co. Longford town due to its non-adherence to ministerial guidelines.

The application for a 20m high telecommunications lattice in Granard was first lodged by Eir, trading as Eircom, last January after permission had been initially refused by the local authority in December 2021.