Objector claims permission for Intel expansion breached European directives

Thomas Reid says the Intel plant adjoins a Special Area of Conservation which has conservation objectives

Thomas Reid says the project will expand Intel’s 160-acre campus by 30 acres, take more than four years to construct and involve two years of rock quarrying to get structures to formation level. File photo: Billy Higgins

The High Court has begun hearing a challenge by a local man aimed at overturning permission for a €3.76 billion expansion of Intel Ireland’s plant in Co Kildare.

Thomas Reid says the project will expand Intel’s 160-acre campus by 30 acres, take more than four years to construct and involve two years of rock quarrying to get structures to formation level.