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Fri 01 Jan 2010Campus developer accuses planning board of sitting 'in ivory tower'
ONE OF the developers of a high-tech bio-tech campus that was linked to NUI Maynooth in a project that could have created up to 2,000 jobs has criticised An Bord Pleanála, which refused permission for the development, saying its members “cannot sit in an ivory tower and make decisions independent of the national good”.
Conor Mallaghan, chief executive of Carton Demesne Holdings Ltd, also said the proposed South Meath Area Research and Technology or “smart park”, which was a joint proposal with NUI Maynooth, would have involved an investment of €250 million.
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