Arts Minister says it’s important Apple gets go-ahead for Athenry base

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Arts Minister says it’s important that Apple gets the go-ahead to build its planned 850 million euro data centre in Athenry.
Minister Heather Humphreys has been speaking to FYI Galway at the opening of a 1916 exhibition in the city.
Earlier this month Apple asked the High Court to fast-track a legal challenge which has stalled its plan to build the centre.
It’s after two applications to seek a Judicial Review of the decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow the facility were granted in the High Court.
Apple has now been given the green light to have the case heard in the Commercial Court, which will bring the case forwards significantly.
Speaking to FYI Galway this afternoon, Minister Heather Humphreys says a large development like the one planned by Apple would be very important to a town like Athenry.