The Irish Times

A Dublin city councillor, Mr Gerry Breen (FG), has taken the unusual step of lodging a notice of appeal against a decision made by Dublin Corporation.

In a further development, Mr Breen has put down a motion condemning the corporation's decision, made on the councillors' behalf, to grant permission for the redevelopment of the Spencer Dock site to include the State's first national conference centre, which won majority support at the monthly council meeting.

Mr Breen claims Dublin Corporation denied councillors an opportunity to consider the Spencer Dock decision. "The decision [to approve the plan] was announced at 4 p.m. on August 6th, when most councillors were on holiday," he said. Nor was a technical environmental study of the proposed development made available, he added.