Couple granted leave to challenge building of mobile phone mast in their village 

Kilkenny couple had first taken the case, against An Bord Pleanála and mast-applicants Eircom in November 2022, alleging the decision-making had been affected by 'bias'. File picture

A Kilkenny couple can challenge a decision for a telecommunications mast to be built in their village after the Court of Appeal ruled there was a “very strong public interest” in allowing the case to proceed.

Peter and Doreen Thomson, from Kells, Co Kilkenny, had their initial application for a judicial review of the decision, by An Bord Pleanála, to grant permission for the mobile phone mast dismissed in the High Court last summer, with the trial judge noting the case had been taken outside the statutory leave period of eight weeks.