Supreme Court upholds Kilkenny couple's objection to construction of mobile phone mast
The couple’s case had alleged the statistical probability was zero that An Bord Pleanála’s former deputy chair Paul Hyde — one of nine board members at the time — would have been allocated 42 out of 49 mast applications by Eircom in less than two years. Picture: Dan Linehan
A Co Kilkenny couple has won a landmark decision in the Supreme Court ensuring they can challenge an An Bord Pleanála decision to allow a mobile phone mast to be built beside their property.
Peter Thomson and his wife Doreen had initially objected to the construction of the mast adjacent to their home in Kells alleging that the decision to grant permission had been affected by “bias”.
