Subject:  (Riedlinger) Telecom case in Ireland....(fwd)
Date:     Tue, 19 Jan 1999 083727 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:13:56 -0500
From: Robert Riedlinger 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: high


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                  Phone mast battle opens in High Court
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                By Una Bradley=20
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                 A LANDMARK legal challenge to a mobile phone mast -
backed by Harrods boss Mohammed Al Fayed - was due to get under way today
at Belfast's High Court.=20
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                 Residents in the Co Down village of Killinchy have
mounted a judicial review of a planning decision which gave the green
light for the mast.=20
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                 The transmitter was built outside the village last
November under permitted development rules - which means
telecommunications company Orange did not have to apply for full planning
permission.=20
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                 Now the Ballymacashen and Killinchy Residents Action
Group is hoping to secure a reversal of the decision, which could result
in Orange being forced to dismantle the mast.=20
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                 Orange will be represented at today's hearing but had no
comment to make.=20
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                 High-profile businessman Mr Al Fayed contributed =A35,000
to the residents last December towards legal costs.=20
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                 Killinchy businessman Jim Nicholson said local people
were up in arms about the mast and were "going in to win" today's case.=20
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                 "We have submitted a lot of expert investigations into
the health implications of these base stations," Mr Nicholson said.=20
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                 "We will also be questioning the credentials of the two
so-called experts flagged up by Orange to defend mobile phone masts.=20
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                 "People are very worried about the health implications.
The problem is nothing has been proved either way.=20
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                 "We're not asking for all masts to be brought down -
we're simply asking they be built at least 500 metres away from homes,
schools and hospitals until the medical evidence is clearer.=20
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                 "We feel the planners in this case were less than
diligent in the way they conducted their investigations.=20
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                 "They have allowed multinationals to just steamroll over
the heads of ordinary people."People in the area also feared tumbling
property prices, Mr Nicholson added.=20
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                 "We had estate agents out to value the properties nearest
the mast and they had fallen by around 25%," he said.=20
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                 "There are also three people suffering from cancer living
in the homes closest to the mast - should they be used as guinea
pigs?"Today's case comes as it emerged five local authorities in the
Republic refused planning permission for mobile phone masts.=20
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                Waterford, Cavan, Dublin, Wexford and Westmeath county
councils recently refused permission on grounds of health and
depreciating property prices.=20
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