Eleven years after a first judgement condemning it (C-215/06) (see EUROPE B9698A22), Ireland was condemned a second time by the Court of Justice of the European Union, on Tuesday 12 November, for failure to comply with Directive 85/337 on the environmental impact assessment of the Derrybrien wind farm (Case C-261/18).
Dublin will have to pay a lump sum fine of €5 million and a daily penalty of €15,000 from the delivery of the judgement until the date of execution of the July 2008...