K Club golf resort may face fine of up to €12.7m for 'unauthorised' development on Liffey

Last Christmas, the K Club officially launched its refurbished hydroelectric generator. The new generator was expected at the time to cover about 70% of the five-star hotel’s electrical needs.

One of the country's most prestigious golf resorts has been warned it could face a potential €12.7m fine for carrying out an allegedly unauthorised development on the River Liffey.

Kildare County Council wrote to the K Club on April 2 to say it had been made aware that an unauthorised development may have been carried out through the replacement of a hydroelectric generator system and other associated works at the resort’s intersection with the Liffey.