Over the last three decades, the name Peter Sweetman has become well known – for some almost too well known – in environmental, political, planning and legal circles.  The prolific environmental litigant has his admirers for his approach to challenging decision-making in the planning system out of line with strict EU laws, designed to protect the natural world at large.  But the Kildare native also has a long line of detractors over what has been described in some quarters as a scattergun approach to taking cases and subsequent delays to infrastructural and commercial projects.  He has one answer to them…

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