Court strikes out O'Flynn challenge to new tax on Naas Road apartment site

The construction company owned by Michael O'Flynn (pictured) and several other large landowners separately initiated legal challenges over negative determinations from An Bord Pleanála. File picture: Collins Courts

The High Court has struck out a challenge by Michael O’Flynn’s construction firm to a new tax targeting its undeveloped lands on the Naas Road in Dublin.

An Bord Pleanála successfully argued that O’Flynn Construction Company’s case against it was “moot”, as the original map of taxable lands has been abandoned.