Limerick farmer challenges expansion of factory over concern about stormwater discharge

Former Limerick hurling manager Tom Ryan concerned about quality of water discharging onto his lands from industrial estate and claims his cattle are getting sick, court heard

Former Limerick hurling manager Tom Ryan's judicial review has been brought over An Bord Pleanála’s grant of permission in September to major US chipmaker Analog Devices International for the construction of a liquid hydrogen storage tank, alterations to equipment and associated works. PictureRay McManus/Sportsfile

A Limerick farmer has launched a High Court case in a bid to challenge permission for the expansion of facilities at a nearby factory over concerns about alleged stormwater discharge by it and others operating at the same industrial estate.

Former Limerick hurling manager Tom Ryan says his farm at Ballynoe, Mungret, has always frequently flooded due to water levels in the nearby Barnakyle River which, he claims, has increased outflow due to stormwater discharged into a feeder canal from Raheen Industrial Estate.