Board facilitates opening of €40m meat plant
The number of animals to be slaughtered at a new meat plant at Banagher, Co Offaly, is estimated at 36,000 per annum. This is as An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the contentious €40m Chinese-backed processing plant. Permission was given after the board’s inspector, Stephen Kay, found that “the proposed development would not be likely to have a significant negative environmental impact in terms of climate”. The appeals board…