Contentious Sea Wall Plan Approved for Trump Resort in Ireland
that The best advice we had was that it would be better to move the golf holes farther inland,
Trump International Golf Links, which owns the resort at Doonbeg, County Clare, intends to build a line of two low, concealed sea walls, 2,000 feet long
and 840 feet long, on the landward side of a public beach to prevent storm waters from eroding three holes of the course.
21, 2017
DUBLIN — An Irish county council on Thursday gave a golf resort owned by President Trump approval to build two sea walls, a reduced version of an earlier plan but one
that still generated opposition from environmentalists.
The resort’s new plan was supported by some local residents, who said they hoped
that Mr. Trump would follow up on plans to invest millions in the property.
We’ll continue to work with the owners, whoever they are." Records show that Mr. Trump paid 8.7 million euros for the resort at an auction in 2014.
The leader of the Irish Green Party, Eamon Ryan, who objected to the application, said
the party was disappointed in the decision and would consider filing an appeal.