Contentious Sea Wall Plan Approved for Trump Resort in Ireland<br />that The best advice we had was that it would be better to move the golf holes farther inland,<br />Trump International Golf Links, which owns the resort at Doonbeg, County Clare, intends to build a line of two low, concealed sea walls, 2,000 feet long<br />and 840 feet long, on the landward side of a public beach to prevent storm waters from eroding three holes of the course.<br />21, 2017<br />DUBLIN — An Irish county council on Thursday gave a golf resort owned by President Trump approval to build two sea walls, a reduced version of an earlier plan but one<br />that still generated opposition from environmentalists.<br />The resort’s new plan was supported by some local residents, who said they hoped<br />that Mr. Trump would follow up on plans to invest millions in the property.<br />We’ll continue to work with the owners, whoever they are." Records show that Mr. Trump paid 8.7 million euros for the resort at an auction in 2014.<br />The leader of the Irish Green Party, Eamon Ryan, who objected to the application, said<br />the party was disappointed in the decision and would consider filing an appeal.
