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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.


March 16, 2024 • Ireland, Print storyE-mail story

Landmark wind turbine noise ruling from High Court referred to attorney general

The attorney general is studying a landmark High Court ruling on noise from wind turbines that could have implications for the operation of existing and future wind farms. Officials from two Government departments, Housing and Environment, have joined the chief law officer in examining the judgement. Wind Energy Ireland, which represents most wind farm owners in the country, also has experts scrutinising it. The ruling found that turbine noise – even if within planning regulation limits – could be categorised . . . Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • Ireland, Print storyE-mail story

Wind farm noise constituted nuisance to nearby residents, High Court rules

A High Court judge has found that wind farm noise levels at certain times of the day constitute a nuisance to nearby residents. [download the judgement] In a decision that is understood to have implications for the operation of wind turbines, Ms Justice Emily Egan held that noise levels from the two-turbine Ballyduff Windfarm at Kilcomb, near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, amounted to an “unreasonable interference” with the enjoyment of two couples’ properties. The cases are the first private nuisance claims . . . Complete story »


February 25, 2024 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Government opposes Derrybrien wind farm bill at second stage in Seanad

Legislation aimed at rescuing the troubled Derrybrien wind farm in Co Galway from being dismantled was rejected by Senators in the Seanad this week. The special measures in the public interest (Derrybrien wind farm) bill 2023, introduced last year, aimed to prevent the decommissioning of the multimillion-euro wind farm. The proposed legislation reached its second stage in the Seanad this week. The development, located in southern Galway with its 70 turbines, was once the country’s largest wind farm and has . . . Complete story »


February 8, 2024 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Clarity needed on recycling wind turbine blades as Minister accepts they are “a challenge”

Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has called for greater levels of clarity on how the State intends to effectively recycle wind turbine blades. Deputy Nolan was speaking after Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan accepted in a parliamentary reply to her that wind turbine blades “do represent a challenge, as current designs cannot be melted or re-moulded.” The Independent TD had asked Minister Ryan if his Department had issued any guidance on the disposal of . . . Complete story »


January 28, 2024 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Suspicion, distrust, confusion: Why wind farm developments are being delayed

As is often the case with this business, it started as a rumour. A few people in the village of Kilmanagh heard some local farmers had been getting a knock on the door. Inquiries were made to check whether it was true. Most of the farmers who inhabited the rumour were reticent, but one or two had no problem sharing their experience. Yes, there had been an approach to sell or lease land. Yes, it’s another wind farm they’re talking . . . Complete story »


January 24, 2024 • Ireland, Print storyE-mail story

New bird and butterfly survey threatens wind project proposal

Significant additional information, including a new survey on the endangered Marsh Fritillary butterfly, has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála in relation to a planning application for a proposed 26 turbine wind farm in the Ballivor Bog Group. Bord na Mona Powergen Limited is seeking a ten-year planning permission for the wind farm on the Meath/Westmeath border which would be operational for 30 years from the date of commissioning. The application is a strategic infrastructure development (SID) which means it . . . Complete story »


December 17, 2023 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Limerick councillors call for ‘outdated’ wind energy guidelines to be updated

Elected members of the local authority are calling on Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan to revise and update the current “outdated” wind energy development guidelines. A motion which was passed at the most recent full meeting of Limerick City and County Council was submitted due to plans for the development of a wind farm in a West Limerick community. Residents in Coolcappa have fears that they will be subjected to shadow flicker, where the wind turbine propellers cast a consistent . . . Complete story »


December 15, 2023 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Bill would transfer ownership of Derrybrien wind facility to bypass rulings against it

A last ditch attempt to save the ill-fated Derrybrien wind farm was launched in the Seanad on Thursday as a new bill was tabled which could prevent the multi-million euro facility from having to be dismantled. A group of Senators, led by former Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, guided the Special Measures in the Public Interest Derrybrien Wind Farm Bill through its first stage in the Seanad. The Senators are hoping the bill, which seeks to transfer ownership of the . . . Complete story »


November 16, 2023 • Ireland, Print storyE-mail story

Cloghan residents say local wind farm is affecting their mental and physical health

A number of residents living beside the nine turbines of Cloghan Wind Farm have told the Midland Tribune that the enormous turbines are having a negative effect on their mental and physical health. Several of the residents living on the one road in the townland of Stonestown said they are fed up with the noise and the flicker coming from the turbines, which have a maximum height of 169 metres and are located about 700 metres from their homes. Chairperson . . . Complete story »


June 25, 2023 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Safeguarding ocean life ‘will squeeze’ wind farms, fishing

The report says the Irish Sea has a “long history of exploitation and human influence” and is “far from pristine”, but says there are more than 1,700 species in the western Irish Sea and it is a “biocultural hotspot”. It stresses its importance for birdlife, including migratory species, and says it has some “rare and unusual habitats”. Complete story »


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