Green Party to challenge Bord Pleanála approval of €1.2bn data centre for Ennis

Green Party senator Róisín Garvey described the plans as 'a joke' and 'complete madness'

The €1.2bn data centre proposed for Co Clare.

The Green Party in Clare is to challenge a decision to grant a €1.2bn data centre, describing the development as "complete madness".

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to contentious plans for a 200MW €1.2bn data centre campus on the outskirts of Ennis.