Galway Bay fm newsroom:
A legal challenge to a renewable energy test facility off the coast of Connemara is to be fast-tracked in the Commercial Court.
The legal action is challenging a decision by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government granting permission to the Marine Institute to construct and operate an electricity generating station off the coast of Spiddal.
A teacher from Páirc in Spiddal is bringing a Judicial Review proceedings against the Minister claiming that the decision is contrary to EU law.
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The action by Maire Ní Mhurnin is being opposed by the Minister.
The matter will return before the court in November..
