[FatherofFive]

Luddites.

[robroys woman]

There are gonna be some ticked Irishmen over this. Their government screwed them.

[Swordmaker]

Apple drops planned $1 Billion Irish datacenter due to two individuals continual blockages of planning process. —PING!

Apple Irish Data Center Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[DannyTN]

I hate when I have to write off $1 billion.

[Responsibility2nd]

A dollar chasing a dime.

Here Apple wants to save a dime by going with green energy. But how many millions of dollars have they wasted with these planning delays?

[pepsionice]

Athenry is a town on the western end of Ireland....maybe 3,000 to 4,000 residents. It would have reset employment for the town. Local news reporting says this court action was attributed two private individuals, who were a bit shocked in court when Apple just said ‘enough’ and the case could end because they wouldn’t open the operation there.

Knowing Irish folks....if I were the two guys, I’d pack my bag and try to quickly leave the community. Locals probably won’t take this well. In my humble opinion....I think the two expected to be paid off eventually to settle. Maybe Apple offered them something....maybe nothing.

[2banana]

And yet no names or what they did.

Great reporting.

+++++

chiefly from two individuals, delayed its approval.

[Swordmaker]

Thanks for the head’s up.

[tennmountainman]

Apparently Ireland did not want the center.
Oh well. They still grow great potatoes.

[Jim W N]

The free market creates wealth, but government creates poverty, the bigger the government, the greater the poverty.

It doesn’t seem to matter that socialist, tyrannical, bloated government is an historical and current study in abject failure - the world keeps going with it instead of freedom and limited government.

STUPID!

[butlerweave]

What , couldn’t go to the Pub for the Planning

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

A little digging turns up the fact that the two "objectors" are:

• "US environmental engineer Allan Daly" who currently lives in Ireland, but still does most of his Cosultancy business in the US.
• His Irish "solicitor" ... ie a lawyer.

Well now, this makes things a bit clearer, eh?

[Harpotoo]

Bring it here!

[Vince Ferrer]

President Trump has repeatedly directed his cabinet to simplify permitting and approval of projects.

[Oratam]

We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry

[martin_fierro]

[logi_cal869]

BS.

They sited in Ireland due to the tax advantage, not green energy.

But they don’t want to make it look like they’re cancelling the project because it’s no longer tenable under the Trump tax plan, so they made up “planning delays.”

Betcha.