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A legal challenge against the 拢16bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project brought by Ireland鈥檚 equivalent of the National Trust has been rejected by a High Court judge.

An Taisce had challenged energy secretary Ed Davey鈥檚 April 2012 decision to grant planning permission to the plant.

The Irish group argued the decision had been taken without consulting the Irish public, who could be affected by any disaster and any subsequent leakage of radiation because the plant is situated just 150 miles from the Irish coast.

It said this was in breach of the European Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and the UK鈥檚 own regulations on environmental impacts that stretch across national borders.

But Mrs Justice Patterson found that Davey鈥檚 decision had been made properly and refused to give An Taisce permission for a judicial review.

She said: 鈥�At the time of the secretary of state鈥檚 consideration of whether to grant development consent there was no evidence to suggest that the risk of an accident was more than a bare and remote possibility.鈥�

She added that Davey had also taken into account any possible cross border effects by considering the submissions of the European Commission to the consultation.

James Nix, the policy director for An Taisce, said he and his 鈥渓egal team鈥� were 鈥渟tudying the judgment and considering our options鈥�.