The idea was to create jobs and lure in tourists by developing a state-of-the-art whiskey distillery, visitor centre, and business park in Balbriggan, north Dublin. Andrew Cassidy of the Co Louth architects firm Cassidy Consultants was engaged to prepare the drawings and planning application, overhauling the site at Stephenstown owned by James McNally, a Co Dublin-based businessman who says he inherited the lands in 2019. In February 2023, Fingal County Council granted planning permission to refurbish an existing cottage and demolish various agricultural buildings, thereby clearing the way for a proposed €100 million investment, according to a report a year…

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