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		<title>Syndicate invests €100m to create massive wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fund of €100m worth of finance is being invested into one of Ireland&#8217;s largest renewable energy projects to date. 
The consortium is providing the long-term finance for the construction of a 57-megawatt (MW) stand-alone wind energy site, which will be the largest ever such site built in Ireland. 
The capital is coming from a private equity group led by Ulster Bank, made up of a syndicate of domestic and foreign lenders. The investment was put together over the past .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning denied for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a cluster of three wind turbines on the northern edge of the Nephin Beg range of mountains in Co Mayo for scenic reasons.  
According to the planning authority, the visual impact of the turbines would be “dramatic”. 
Irish Independent 
2 December 2008 
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		<title>Plans for new power line in Donegal</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eirgrid is to lodge a planning application within two weeks for a new high-voltage power line in Co Donegal. 
The 100km line from south of Killybegs to Letterkenny is one of a series of regional upgrades for which EirGrid is to seek planning permission over coming years as part of its strategy to double the capacity of its network. 
The Donegal line, at 110KV, is one of the lower capacity lines the State agency is hoping to instal. There are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tesco&#39;s bid to build windmills in Dublin</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposal by Tesco to build giant wind turbines nearly the height of the Spire in north county Dublin is being re-examined by planners. 
The supermarket giant has sent in a range of extra information on its controversial scheme, after demands by the local council. 
Tesco Ireland wants to erect the two massive 850kw turbines next to its dry grocery distribution centre in Donabate. 
Each would rise to 103m &#8212; just 17m short of the Spire on O&#8217;Connell Street 
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Further energy developments planned for Mayo</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mayo could become a new energy centre for Ireland under government plans for further energy developments near the contentious Corrib gas pipeline in the north of the county. 
Eamon Ryan, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, plans to ‘‘encourage the development of a new gas plant’’ in the area and support development of the electricity grid to connect to the area. He said the government had already committed to developing a wave or tidal grid connection out to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bangor wind farm blown away by An Bord Pleanála</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind farm for Bangor Erris has been refused planning permission for a second time. 
An Bord Pleanála ruled that the project at Sheskin, Bangor Erris, would adversely affect the Carrowmore Lake Complex, wich is a Special Area of Conservation. 
TOH Tawnaghmore Wind Farm Ltd were forced to bring the case for the development before the planning board after Mayo County Council refused permission. 
But the board’s planning inspector did not look on the application any more favourably and the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A vanishing stream - Lough Allen bog slides</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I thought the 29th of September would be just another day. It wasn&#8217;t raining for a change and I was preparing my suitcase for my holiday in Cuba. As I started to pack my case with shorts and t-shirts along with some fishing gear the phone rang. It was just after 9 am. 
It was Joachim Schaeffer who lives near the village of Drumkeeran which overlooks Lough Allen. &#8220;Can you get up here as soon as possible as there is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental threat of offshore wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jamie Smyth&#8217;s report on the Princess Amelia windfarm off the coast of the Netherlands provides some useful pointers for the Irish Government (European Diary, October 7th). 
This 120MW windfarm consists of 60 turbines, 90 metres (295 feet) high. According to Mr Smyth, it has been located 23km offshore &#8220;to minimise the impact on people living in coastal communities&#8221;. The fact that much of the coastal zone in Netherlands is designated for wildlife protection doubtless also influenced this location. 
Contrast this .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/10/environmental-threat-of-offshore-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>New law to tackle unauthorised developments</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislation is being drafted to ensure that planning authorities do not grant retrospective permission for unauthorised developments in cases where an environmental impact assessment (EIA) is required. 
This follows a judgment by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last July, in which the court invalidated Irish law allowing local councils and An Bord Pleanála to grant retention for developments that failed to comply with the EU&#8217;s directive on EIAs. 
Among the schemes that would be affected by the court&#8217;s judgment .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/07/new-law-to-tackle-unauthorised-developments/</link>
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		<title>CLEAN calls for moratorium on wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are calls this morning to suspend all windfarm operations in upland areas across the Northwest until a full investigation into the Leitrim landslide takes place. 
Cavan and Leitrim Environmental awareness network say a moratorium is needed on the development of windfarms to prevent future bogslides and the resulting environmental damage. 
The recent landslide in Drumkerrin, co leitrim has had a devastating effect on the ecological area surrounding Lough Allen. 
Peter Crosson, the spokesperson for CLEAN, says more measures are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/06/clean-calls-for-moratorium-on-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm blamed for loss of TV reception</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A newly constructed wind turbine farm is being blamed for the loss of television reception in a rural area. 
Locals in the Ballycummane and Tournafulla areas of west Limerick claim the wind farm has been placed directly in line with the Maghera transmitter in Clare from where they receive their television reception. 
Following an initial investigation, RTE said developers behind wind farms must be held accountable for any loss of television or radio signal. 
The Maghera transmitter sends the reception .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/06/wind-farm-blamed-for-loss-of-tv-reception/</link>
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		<title>Not a windy county, but six areas suitable for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Six areas in Offaly are considered suitable for large-scale wind farm development. 
That’s according to Offaly County Council, who carried out a feasibility study of wind farms as part of the next county development plan. 
North of Rhode, Cloneygowen to Clonbullogue, Corracullin Bog, Castletown Bog, east of Shannonbridge and south of Cloghan are the six areas identified. 
There has been interest expressed by developers, particularly for the low-lying bog areas, councillors were told at last Friday’s meeting. 
However, studies found .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Limerick turbines &#39;hitting television reception&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new 18-turbine windfarm at Tournafulla is interfering with television reception in the Ballycommane area, according to RTE Transmission Network Ltd (RTENL) bosses. 
And RTE says that responsibility for the problem rests 100 per cent with the commercial developer. 
RTE was also critical of the planning permission procedures.
Mick Kehoe, executive director with RTENL, has written to Deputy Jimmy Deenihan explaining that viewers in the Ballycummane / Tournafulla area receive their television signals from the transmitter in Maghera in Clare, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Work ongoing at Drumkeerin landslide site as 2,000 fish saved</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following on from last weeks landslide which is thought to have been caused as a result of work that is being carried out on a wind farm site, Shannon Regional Fisheries Board&#8217;s Matt Nolan has reported that to date 2,000 small fish have been removed from the Owengar River. 
Work is continuing to alleviate the situation although Matt expressed fears that there is still the possibility of further slippages. 
&#8220;There are concerns about further slippages especially with the current weather. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lake spared as bogslide grinds to a halt</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A bogslide which threatened one of the country&#8217;s premier fishing lakes appeared to have come to a halt yesterday. 
For the third consecutive night, geotechnical experts and wind farm and forestry staff remained at the scene of a potential environmental disaster. 
The site is at the village of Drumkeerin on the Leitrim, Roscommon border, and last night officials were monitoring the situation. 
The slide began on Tuesday afternoon during the construction of a road to the Garvagh Glebe North wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edenderry turbines blown away</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Residents of the Francis Street area in Edenderry are celebrating this week after an application for permission for two controversial wind turbines was withdrawn. 
Grace O&#8217;Dea reports 
The proposed turbines would have been located at the north end of Francis Street and north west of Downshire Row and New Row in the town. 
Residents of Francis Street were up in arms over the proposed construction of two wind turbines at the rear of their homes. Over 70 people attended public .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bonniconlon windfarm gets the green light</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mayo County Council has just granted conditional planning permission for the development of a 28MW windfarm in Bonniconlon. 
Cllr Michelle Mulherin, the Mayor of Ballina, has welcomed the grant of planning permission saying tap-ping into wind energy was the way forward in terms of planning sustainable living in rural localities. 
Noting that there had been some objections to the development she said she hoped these could now be resolved through dialogue: 
“We cannot afford to ignore the potential of wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/17/bonniconlon-windfarm-gets-the-green-light/</link>
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		<title>Windfarms pose major risk to bats</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Windfarms are blamed for the deaths of large numbers of birds, including the threatened hen harrier, that crash into the spinning blades. But, what’s now emerging is that bats are probably more at risk than birds. 
Up to now little has been known about the effects of windfarms on bats. Something that has mystified researchers, however, is that bats found dead around turbines had no visible injuries. So, are windfarms killing bats without touching them? It seems they are. 
Little .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Storm of protest over plans for wind turbines in town centre</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A plan to build two wind turbines in the centre of a residential area of Edenderry has created a storm among local residents. 
The planning application has been lodged with Offaly County Council by MB Solar Ltd headed up by well-known Dublin-based architect Matt Barnes. 
More than 60 local residents from the Francis Street area of the town gathered in a local pub to voice concerns about the proposal last week. 
Residents claim the wind turbines, if given the go-ahead, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Farm turbine scheme branded a &#39;fiasco&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A government-sponsored scheme set up to encourage farmers to use renewable energy has been branded a &#8220;fiasco&#8221; by the assembly’s agriculture committee. 
Up to 26 turbines were installed under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (Dard) Wind Energy for Rural Businesses project. Dard appointed the Western Regional Energy Agency and Network (Wrean) to deliver the scheme, which was set up in 2003. 
However, the now-defunct project experienced serious problems as far back as May 2006 when the towers of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Edenderry could be used as wind turbine guinea pig’</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost 80 individual objections have been lodged against a proposed plan to build two wind turbines in Edenderry which Cllr Noel Cribbin believes could set a precedent for other councils around the country.
Protesters in Edenderry erected and extended a crane in the town’s main square on Wednesday to demonstrate the height of the wind turbines which have been proposed for the town.
Cllr Cribbin said this application was the first of its type to come to Offaly County Council. He said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/09/%e2%80%98edenderry-could-be-used-as-wind-turbine-guinea-pig%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Second landslide after heavy rains</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another landslide hit Co Kerry yesterday &#8212; less than a fortnight after a major bogslide blocked roads and wiped-out fish stocks causing an estimated €500,000 damage. 
Heavy rain overnight on Tuesday is being blamed for what county officials are calling a &#8220;minor soil slippage&#8221; of several tons of peat in the Maughhanknockane area of the north Kerry mountains, near Listowel, at about noon yesterday. 
However, unlike the devastating landslide on August 22 that turned the Rivers Feale and Smearlagh into .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/second-landslide-after-heavy-rains/</link>
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		<title>Edenderry residents up in arms over wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Residents of the Francis Street area in Edenderry are up in arms over the proposed construction of two wind turbines at the rear of their homes. 
A meeting was organised last Wednesday night in Byrne&#8217;s Bar in Edenderry and over 60 people were in attendance. 
Another meeting is organised for this Wednesday night. 
Residents are objecting to the construction of the turbines on the grounds of noise, safety and the potential decrease in value of their properties. 
They claim that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/03/edenderry-residents-up-in-arms-over-wind-turbines/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17569</guid>
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		<title>€60m project offers on-site renewable energy for commercial electricity users</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[About €60 million is to be invested in 15 on-site wind turbine facilities for large commercial users of electricity over the next four years. 
Construction on the first facility is expected to commence within the next few weeks as Wind Energy Direct Ltd (WED), a wholly Irish-owned renewable energy company, commences the launch of its unique concept “behind the meter” electricity. 
The turnkey renewable energy source for manufacturing, retail and agricultural locations, that will be the first of its kind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/02/e60m-project-offers-on-site-renewable-energy-for-commercial-electricity-users/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17516</guid>
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		<title>Landslides a clear and present danger</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s probably too much to expect, but, following the country’s latest landslide or bog overflow, county councils and An Bord Pleanála should have more regard for people living in susceptible areas. 
Despite the concerns of people in Derrybrien, Co Galway, regarding a wind farm in their area, planning permission was granted for it by An Bord Pleanála. Residents’ worst fears came to pass when a landslide caused devastation in 2003. Fast forward to August, 2008, and a similar landslide involving .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/01/landslides-a-clear-and-present-danger/</link>
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		<title>Kerry suffers from an ill wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Locals in north Kerry are up in arms at the alleged role of a wind energy firm in the landslide that destroyed a river’s salmon and trout stocks. 
Before the facts of what caused last week’s landslide in a north Kerry river network were known, a nearby wind energy firm taking the brunt of the local anger. 
Prior to the landslide, Tralee-based company Tra Investments had begun site works for an eight-turbine wind farm in the Ballincollig Hill-Maghanknockane area. 
Within .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/31/kerry-suffers-from-an-ill-wind/</link>
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		<title>Kerry devastated by mudslide</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Countless millions of dollars of damage to property and wildlife was caused by the worst mudslide in Ireland in five years. 
An estimated 3,000 salmon and sea trout were wiped out and their spawning grounds contaminated when liquid peat seeped into the Rivers Smearlagh and Feale in north-east Kerry. 
More than 20 homes in a rural area between Tralee and Castleisland were cut off by a mudslide a mile and a half long and up to 75 yards wide last .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/30/kerry-devastated-by-mudslide/</link>
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		<title>Further Kerry landslides feared as salmon and sea trout toll put at 8,000</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The landslide in Kerry last weekend killed at least 8,000 fish. 
The full disclosure of the massive fish kill was made yesterday. 
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board chief executive Eamon Cusack said the kill was &#8220;very serious&#8221;. 
He feared further landslides at the site, at Kielduff near Tralee, as a lot of water was still lodged in the area. 
The board was taking water samples and would, in the event of any evidence being found, use its powers of prosecution. 
Compensation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/29/further-kerry-landslides-feared-as-salmon-and-sea-trout-toll-put-at-8000/</link>
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		<title>Anger that windfarm got approval</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A man-made disaster is how Maghanknockane landowner Tom Harrington is describing the weekend’s landslide, expressing the view that his worst fears about the construction of a windfarm in the area appear to have been realised. 
Mr Harrington, who lives in Tralee and is now completely cut off from his land in the Maghanknockane area, is angry that objections to a proposed windfarm were overruled by An Bord Pleanála almost four years ago. Mr Harrington says concerns were raised by him, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/28/anger-that-windfarm-got-approval/</link>
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		<title>Thousands of fish die in polluted rivers</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board has warned that the weekend’s landslide at Maghanknockane could cause an ecological disaster in the Feale catchment area if any more peat from the bog-burst enters the River Smearlagh. 
The board said the landslide poses a serious threat to salmon and sea trout and their spawning grounds in the Glashoreag River, a tributary of the River Smearlagh. 
Thousands of mature and juvenile trout and salmon have already been killed as a result of the landslide .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/28/thousands-of-fish-die-in-polluted-rivers/</link>
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		<title>Locals believe windfarm is linked to bog slide disaster; Objections to windfarm pointed out landslide risk</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Devastated residents affected by the weekend’s landslide on the Stacks Mountains believe there could be a link between the massive bog burst on Saturday and construction work which began two weeks ago at a nearby windfarm. 
Work began at Ballincollig Hill in the Maghanknockane area of Lyreacrompane just a number of weeks ago with the construction of roadways into the windfarm site. Locals say that while rainfall may well be a contributory factor, they feel that there may also .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/28/locals-believe-windfarm-is-linked-to-bog-slide-disaster-objections-to-windfarm-pointed-out-landslide-risk/</link>
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		<title>Wind farms and landslides</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Landslides like that at Maghanknockane, Co Kerry will happen again and again unless local authorities and An Bord Pleanála appreciate the process by which wind farm construction can cause such damage.  
The boglands on the hills take thousands of years to form and once they slide away they are irreplaceable. What happens is as follows:  
1. The bogs on the hills are formed by rotting heather over thousands of years, but they are finely held together by the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/27/wind-farms-and-landslides/</link>
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		<title>Two investigations to take place into Kerry landslide</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two separate investigations are being carried out into the cause of the landslide in the Stacks mountains between Tralee and Listowel at the weekend.  
Meanwhile, fears continue about the water supply for up to 30,000 residents of the northeast Kerry region.  
Tra Investments Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery in Tralee that had begun site works for an eight-turbine wind farm in the Ballincollig Hill–Maghanknockane area, said that it had instructed geotechnical consultancy AGEC Ltd .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/27/two-investigations-to-take-place-into-kerry-landslide/</link>
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		<title>Moving mountains — the dangers of our changing rainfall</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flooding and landslides are set to become an increasing part of life in Ireland, according to meteorologists and experts who have been predicting the effects of the climate change we are now seeing. 
Inside the last month, people living in towns such as Carlow, Newcastle West, Mallow and Fermoy experienced the misery caused by flooding. August 2008 will also be remembered for flooding in Dublin, even in streets around Croke Park, and the month the Port Tunnel became inaccessible. 
Landslides .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/26/moving-mountains-%e2%80%94-the-dangers-of-our-changing-rainfall/</link>
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		<title>Salmon stocks wiped out as fears grow of more landslides</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of fish in one of Ireland&#8217;s prime salmon rivers may have been wiped out by massive weekend landslides. 
And there is growing concern that there are more slides to come, following further heavy rainfall. 
The slides, in the bog area of the Stack&#8217;s Mountains in north Kerry, have already killed thousands of fish in the River Feale network. Experts last night warned further damage could be caused if more peat seeps into tributaries like the Glashoreag stream. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/26/salmon-stocks-wiped-out-as-fears-grow-of-more-landslides/</link>
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		<title>Probe into Kerry landslide after thousands of fish are killed</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State fisheries experts launched an investigation today after thousands of fish were killed in a mudslide which also cut off roads and threatened water supplies. 
Up to 3000 salmon and sea trout were wiped out after liquid peat seeped into the Rivers Smearlagh and Feale in north-east Kerry dealing a severe blow to fish stocks. 
Kerry County Council urged around 3000 residents in the Stacks Mountain Region to boil tap water over fears the supply from the rivers could have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/25/probe-into-kerry-landslide-after-thousands-of-fish-are-killed/</link>
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		<title>Landslide cuts water supplies to 30,000 in north Kerry</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Up to 30,000 people in north Kerry will be without a water supply from today after a landslide of elevated blanket bog in the Stacks Mountains polluted water courses and threatened reservoirs. 
The slow slide, which began on Friday afternoon, came to a stop late on Saturday night, reaching over two kilometres in length and up to 55m wide in places. As a result, one house was cut off while the mud came within feet of another. It swept away .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/25/landslide-cuts-water-supplies-to-30000-in-north-kerry/</link>
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		<title>Efforts to limit impact of Kerry landslide</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Efforts are continuing to prevent an ecological disaster near Tralee in Co Kerry after a massive landslide in the Magha/Kielduff area.
Kerry County Council says this month&#8217;s record rainfall is at least partly to blame for the slide, which occurred during construction work on a roadway to an electricity wind farm.
Large volumes of peat have so far travelled over 3km, sweeping away a bridge and preventing some residents from accessing their homes. 
It is feared the peat could enter the River .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/25/efforts-to-limit-impact-of-kerry-landslide/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines and landscape</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Madam, &#8212; Having followed with interest recent correspondence on wind energy , I would like to mention my trip back to northern Denmark, after many years&#8217; absence. This is an area made famous by painters at the end of the 19th century.
Sadly, the scenic beauty of the region has now been destroyed by the presence of wind turbine towers.
I cannot understand the unabated enthusiasm of Irish officials to develop this power source in this country. Quite apart from the technical .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/11/wind-turbines-and-landscape/</link>
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		<title>Killala windfarm plan is blown away</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission on appeal to a Killala-based company proposing to develop the first windfarm in Ireland to be managed and financed by the local community.
A group of local farming families operating under the name Killala Community Windfarm Ltd were granted conditional planning permission in December, 2007 for a proposed 10 turbine 25MW windfarm together with ancillary buildings and an ESB substation and all associated site works at Cloonawillin, Ballysakeery, Lisglennon, Mullafarry.
The original application had been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/killala-windfarm-plan-is-blown-away/</link>
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		<title>Appeals board rules against Killala wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans for Ireland’s first community-operated wind farm have been shot down. The €25 million proposal by a group in Killala to input 23 megawatts of energy into the national grid within a year, enough to electrify 17,000 homes, has been turned down at the eleventh hour by An Bord Pleanála.
On grounds of visual impact and residential concerns, the appeals board last week ruled against the Killala Community Windfarm Ltd (KCWF) plan for the erection of ten wind turbines on 700 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/appeals-board-rules-against-killala-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Bord na Móna plan to invest €1.4bn over five years</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State-owned energy company Bord na Móna plans to invest €1.4 billion in expanding and moving the group away from its traditional activities over the next five years.
The company will stop exploiting peat bogs, the purpose for which it was founded in 1946, over the next two decades, and refocus its business on a mix of energy, waste-management and recovery, and horticulture.
Recently-appointed chief executive Gabriel D&#8217;Arcy said yesterday that Bord na Móna would spend €1.2 billion on building up its energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/bord-na-mona-plan-to-invest-e14bn-over-five-years/</link>
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		<title>Scotland and Ireland to launch joint renewable energy study</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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Scotland and Ireland are to work together to harness the power of the wind, the waves and tides between the two countries from Cork to Kintyre.
A feasibility study into offshore renewable energy projects, and how the power they generate could be transmitted to the respective national grids, is to be conducted by the Scottish Government in partnership with the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Executive.
It was announced yesterday that the appropriately titled Isles project (Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study) .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>European court ruling may force change in planning laws</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The government could be forced to amend planning laws following a landmark ruling by Europe’s highest court that found its existing rules fail to protect the environment.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg yesterday found that weak Irish planning legislation was responsible for the major landslide at Derrybrien, Co Galway, in 2003 that killed 50,000 fish and badly scarred a peat landscape.
It also ruled that a failure to mandate environmental impact assessments before projects begin and a commonly used planning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EU court rules against Ireland on Derrybrien</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice has ruled against Ireland in a case involving a wind farm project in Co Galway where a landslide killed 50,000 fish in 2003.
The court said that a proper environmental impact assessment should have been carried out before the project proceeded.
This ruling relates to the Derrybrien windfarm project, the biggest ever windfarm in Ireland at the time and one of the largest in Europe.
Today&#8217;s ruling will have major implications for the way the Government has allowed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Moycullen windfarm appealed to An Bord Pleanala</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Environmental group &#8216;An Taisce&#8217; has appealed a decision to grant permission for an electricity generating windfarm in Moycullen to An Bord Pleanala
Cruachan Wind Energy Limited were granted permission for 6 wind turbines and transformers, an electrical substation and a control building at Lealetter in Moycullen bogs.
A previous proposal by the same applicant on the same site was granted permission by the County Council in September 2005.
The decision was overturned by An Bord Pleanala following an appeal by An Taisce in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Obtrusive&#34; windfarm rejected</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed windfarm on the 523 metre Arroo Mountain, the most northerly summit in the Dartry Mountains area near Kinlough, has been rejected by An Bord Pleanala.
The Board upheld a decision of Leitrim County Council last November to refuse permission for the windfarm. It found that the development, comprising of 12 turbines measuring 80m in height and with rotor blades measuring 45m in length, would be a prominent and obtrusive feature in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Sea power line will give more renewable options</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 10:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A power line allowing Ireland to import and export electricity to the UK can be built between Rush in Co Dublin and north Wales, a feasibility study has found.
The East West Interconnector, which will be up to 250km long and will connect the Irish and UK transmission systems, is expected to go ahead early next year after a major survey of the seabed found there was no obstacles.
And once operational, the interconnector will allow Ireland to become more reliant on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm rejected for Arroo mountains</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed windfarm in a designated &#8220;Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty&#8221; on the Arroo mountain range in north Leitrim has been blocked by An Bord Pleanála.
The Arroo mountains, which feature blanket bog, heathland, wooded ravines and steep limestone cliffs, are a breeding ground for peregrine falcons and golden plover.
The board found that the development, comprising of 12 turbines measuring 80m in height and with rotor blades measuring 45m in length, would be a prominent and obtrusive feature in the landscape, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bord Gais to spend €2bn on wind and voltage works</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bord Gais yesterday reported a 29pc increase in profits to €166m for 2007 and said it was embarking on a new strategy which will involve an investment of €2bn in new ventures such as wind power and electricity generation.
The profit increase was achieved on the back of higher gas sales and its growing presence in the electricity market.
Speaking at the presentation of results, Bord Gais chief executive John Mullins said the company is set for a period of major growth .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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