High Court dismisses challenge to Intel's €3.76bn expansion

Thomas Reid's home is located some 500 metres to the west of the site of the proposed development

The Intel manufacturing plant in Co. Kildare. Thomas Reid said 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. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

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

In a written judgement, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said he was satisfied to dismiss all grounds of the action brought by Thomas Reid.