The trial had heard that engineers and other experts are used to engaging with nearby residents and others and there are “usually many solutions available”, short of shutting down wind turbines, he noted.

The project involves landfall works at Killard on the Clare coast that lie close to US President elect Donald Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg.

The cases are the first private nuisance claim from wind turbine noise to run in either Ireland or the UK

One of the couple's are seeking an order requiring the defendant to cease operating, decommission and dismantle the windfarm.

The ruling means the 11-turbine windfarm at Ballyduff in Co Waterford by Barranafaddock Sustainable Electricity Limited can continue to operate.

In granting planning permission, the appeals board ruled the scheme would not adversely affect the integrity of European protected sites

INTERNET giant Amazon has bought a wind farm in Cork, their second investment in wind energy in Ireland in the last few months.It is expected that the Cork project will provide 23.2 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity, with an expected generation ...