Residents in Skerries are appealing Fingal County Council's decision to allow a new fast food drive-thru beside a school.
The site is at the Skerries Point Shopping Centre- next door to a montessori and 50 metres away from a residential area.
It is also only a short walk from five schools.
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A recent Oireachtas Committee report recommended that so-called ‘no fry zones’ be implemented around schools in a bid to tackle the issue.
Locals managed to raise €10,000 through a gofundme account to appeal the decision.
Skerries resident Karen Power is on The Drive-Thru Oppposition Committee.
She can't understand how the permission was granted in the first place.
She said "It's a bit baffling because just 18 months previously, the same planning officer- the same planning authority- turned down an application for a drive-thru just 100 metres up the road; on the same side of the road;because it was too close to a residential area."
A decision is due on the case next month.
