Following an unsuccessful legal challenge over Glanbia’s plans for a new cheese factory in Portlaoise at the start of 2022, the independent TD Michael Healy-Rae was front and centre in calls for the State to stop state funding for An Taisce. It was not the first time that a member of the Kerry political dynasty and the heritage charity had clashed, with multiple issues emerging in recent years over farming and climate. And it won’t be the last either. Now, An Taisce has filed an appeal calling for An Bord Pleanála to quash retention planning permission for a quarry recently…

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