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Ireland deals setback to Trump Organization's sea wall plan
Source: Washington Post
Ireland deals setback to Trump Organization’s sea wall plan
By Joshua Partlow
March 18, 2020 at 5:18 p.m. EDT
An Irish planning board on Wednesday rejected the Trump Organization’s plan to build a sea wall to blunt the Atlantic Ocean waves and halt the relentless erosion that threatens to wash fairways and greens into the sea.
The decision by An Bord Planeala, a national-level planning appeals commission, is a major setback for one of Trump’s premier foreign properties. Trump International Golf Links Doonbeg, as with the two Trump courses in Scotland, are owned outright by the Trump family business and represent an important investment for the company.
An inspector for the planning board warned in his report that the rock barrier the Trump Organization intended to build could “have a long term significant negative impact on landscape and visual quality” along a stretch of beach popular with tourists and famous for its natural beauty. The decision reverses an earlier approval by the county government.
The rejection comes at a time when the Trump Organization, like others in the tourism and hospitality industries, is suffering from closures and cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Joshua Partlow
March 18, 2020 at 5:18 p.m. EDT
An Irish planning board on Wednesday rejected the Trump Organization’s plan to build a sea wall to blunt the Atlantic Ocean waves and halt the relentless erosion that threatens to wash fairways and greens into the sea.
The decision by An Bord Planeala, a national-level planning appeals commission, is a major setback for one of Trump’s premier foreign properties. Trump International Golf Links Doonbeg, as with the two Trump courses in Scotland, are owned outright by the Trump family business and represent an important investment for the company.
An inspector for the planning board warned in his report that the rock barrier the Trump Organization intended to build could “have a long term significant negative impact on landscape and visual quality” along a stretch of beach popular with tourists and famous for its natural beauty. The decision reverses an earlier approval by the county government.
The rejection comes at a time when the Trump Organization, like others in the tourism and hospitality industries, is suffering from closures and cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ireland-knocks-down-trump-organizations-sea-wall-plan/2020/03/18/5f866720-6942-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html
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