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A court ruling that the new A5 road in the west of Northern Ireland should not go ahead is to be appealed, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has confirmed.

Speaking during a visit to Ballygawley, Co Tyrone, Ms Kimmins said her department would be pushing forward imminently ahead of the deadline for an appeal on Friday.

In June, High Court judge Mr Justice McAlinden quashed the Executive move to approve the roads project following a legal challenge from a group including residents, farmers and landowners.

The judge said the proposed scheme breached sections of Stormont’s Climate Change Act as it did not demonstrate how it would comply with the commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

There have been more than 50 deaths on the A5, which links Lo

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