Environmentalists are threatening legal action against a Donald Trump hotel amid a row about a fence on sand dunes.
Co Clare council chiefs have been asked to probe allegations that the hotel used official local authority signs as part of the fence.
The Friends of the Irish Environment group made the request and have also asked Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan to intervene.
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The environmentalists say their legal threat relates to an alleged fence construction on sand dunes at Doughmore Strand in Doonbeg.
The Irish Mirror contacted Trump International Golf Links and Hotel, Clare County Council, and the Department of Heritage.
A spokesperson for the Friends of the Irish Environment said: “The fence is made of large wooden poles, set deeply into the ground at regular intervals.
“These are adjacent to the sand dunes with wooden planks running horizontally across them, holding in place a perforated plastic sheet.”
The group’s director Tony Lowes said: “The placement of signs with Clare County Council logos along the fence appears to indicate that the structure is approved by the local authority.”
Mr Lowes has questioned this.
A spokesperson at Clare County Council told the Irish Mirror that it will respond to the queries “as soon as possible”.
Mr Lowes added: “FIE has written to Malcolm Noonan, Minister for Heritage, noting the international attention Doonbeg has attracted.
“We are asking him to initiate enquiries into this issue, as the only recourse left to us is to reluctantly use our limited resources to issue legal proceedings which we only do when all other avenues have been exhausted.”
The FIE group objects to any construction using wooden poles at the dunes due to concerns that these could be contrary to local authority conservation objectives of not permitting physical obstructions or barriers.
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