Public inquiry into proposed Co Tyrone gold mine suspended

Jacqueline McParland, senior commissioner at The Planning and Water Appeals Commission at Strule Arts Centre in Omagh during the public inquiry. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Stormont departments have been criticised following the suspension of a  public inquiry into an application for a proposed gold mine in Co Tyrone.

The probe by the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) opened at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh on Monday, but hearings stopped on Wednesday afternoon amid claims there had not been enough consultation.