Appeal against Drogheda complex

Residents of an upmarket housing estate in Drogheda plantolodge an appeal against a major five-storey shopping centre that will be accessed through their estate.

Developer Shannon Homes (Drogheda) received planning permission last week to build the five-storey multi-purpose development south ofDrogheda at Colpe Cross on the N1. “It is unbelievable,” said a committee member of the local residents' association. “We were promised a mature woodland setting. We bought our homes on that basis.We are not getting what we were promised.There will be major traffic congestion.” The brochure for Grange Rath, a scheme of upmarket homes and apartments, ...