The Government is set to introduce new laws to stop local groups and environmental organisations challenging controversial developments in court.
Under the planned changes, groups that plan to oppose a development of any kind will have to have be in existence in for a least 3 years, have 100 signed up members, be personally and substantially affected by a development and be able to shoulder the costs of a legal challenge.
It’s expected the changes to the legislation will prevent the hold-up of €116 billion euro package of capital funding that the Government has for planned projects across the country.
Adrienne Diamond, from the Wind Aware Dromahair Group, spoke to John Lynch on the North West Today Show . . she claimed these proposals would strip community groups of their civil rights:
