Trump Is Getting a Wall in Ireland to Protect His Golf Course From Reality
Hypocrisy reigns.
On Thursday, the Irish government approved a permit for a golf course owned by the Trump organization to build a sea wall to prevent erosion, and—at least in the original application—to protect against the risk of sea level rise and extreme weather due to climate change.
Environmental groups have long been against the wall, and even managed to scale back its impact when it was found that the original proposal could harm the two-millimeter-long whorl snail, which is protected in the area by European Union rules.
Because of the snail’s presence, the Trump organization agreed to break up the wall into two sea barriers, 2,000 feet long and 840 feet long, rather than one continuous 1.7-mile-long structure. The walls will be built with sheet-metal piling and rock armor.
Leader of the Irish Green Party, Eamon Ryan, told The New York Times that the party might appeal the decision, asserting that the truncated wall could still damage important beaches, dunes, and grasslands.
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