Last Wednesday the final episode of the drama of the Charters Towers planning application started in Brodick Hall. In deciding whether the development should go ahead, a public inquiry was held in the hall which was set up to resemble a court.
Father Shonnie MacAuley, right, is pictured with his successor, Father Noel Colford who takes over this weekend. Father Colford joined the priesthood at 17 and studied at the Scots College in Rome.
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At the head sat Scottish Office reporter Timothy Brian and to his left sat Celia Urquhart, her lawyer and three others. On the right was the North Ayrshire Council lawyer along with another gentleman. During the day and the following day, evidence and opinion was heard and given and, on Thursday, after the council’s last witness was heard, the two sides summed up their arguments.