Major Victory! Seawall Project Defeated at Doughmore Beach, Ireland
After more than four years, the #NatureTrumpsWalls campaign has finally stopped the construction of a major sea wall from destroying Doughmore Beach.
March 18, 2020
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STOP TRUMP’S IRISH WALL CAMPAIGN: PETITION TO BE PRESENTED TO TRUMP AT DOONBEG
A petition containing over 104,000 signatures opposing the construction of a sea wall by USA President Donald Trump at his golf course in Ireland is to be presented to him when he arrives on Wednesday, June 5th.
June 4, 2019
Opponents Call Upon Irish Authorities to Review and Repeal Trump’s Seawall
Save The Waves Coalition and environmental partners urge careful consideration from Ireland’s national planning appeal board in the case against Trump International Golf Links’ seawall in Doonbeg, Clare County.
January 30, 2019
Save The Waves Appeals ‘Trumps Irish Wall’ Decision
The four page appeal by Save The Waves outlines the myriad technical and procedural issues presented with Trump International Golf Links’ (TIGL) proposal and subsequent RFI documents.
February 5, 2018
Trump’s Irish Wall Gets Local Approval: The Fight Continues
Yesterday the Clare County Council announced their approval of the Trump International Golf Links (TIGL) proposal for two seawalls at Dougnmore Beach. The approved project would allow two seawalls (630 m & 260m) to be built on a public beach to provide ‘coastal erosion management’ for Trump’s private golf resort.
December 22, 2017
Save The Waves holds ground against Trump’s proposed Irish seawall project
Last week, Save The Waves submitted a formal objection to the most recent 400+ page proposal document by Trump International Golf Links (TIGL), where they attempted to demonstrate the two seawalls would not disrupt the natural coastal dynamics at Doughmore Beach.
December 5, 2017
Trump’s Irish Wall Deferred by Council
After 700 objection letters were submitted by Save The Waves and our coastal scientists to the Clare County Planning Department,
February 28, 2017
Save The Waves collects 700 letters against Trump’s Irish Seawall Proposal
Save The Waves Coalition has again mounted a global resistance to President Trump’s latest attempt to build a series of
February 1, 2017
Trump International Golf Links (TIGL) has submitted another proposal at Doughmore Beach
While the new proposal is significantly scaled back from the original proposal that our #NatureTrumpsWalls campaign helped defeat, it does
January 25, 2017