Rural Life
Derrybrien Wind Farm: How it all went wrong...
Last month, the European Commission indicated that it would bring Ireland back to the European Court of Justice over issues...
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Environment
Kingscourt Wind Farm: ‘It only takes one TD to stand up and tell the truth on this'
A resident of Kingscourt in Co. Cavan where a five-turbine wind farm is currently being developed says a 15-year fight...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Environment
Farmers 'up in arms' over wind farm development in Cavan
Suckler farmers in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, are up in arms this week over the development of a wind farm comprising...
Environment
Public consultation on new wind energy guidelines on the way
The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development...
Environment
'The answer my friend is blowing in the wind...'
A proposed wind farm development in north Waterford has brought an entire community out in force to stop the plans...
Environment
'Without a shadow of a doubt infrasound is causing ill-health'
It is becoming very clear that there are serious health implications around wind farms created by infrasound and there is...
Environment
'Destroying people's lives for a renewable energy plan that won't work'
Residents in rural Co. Waterford feel efforts were made by a renewable energy company to divide and conquer their community...
Environment
Families forced to leave their homes after wind farm breaches planning regulations
A wind farm development comprising 25 wind turbines planned for a picturesque area of Co. Waterford is being met with...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Environment
Battery storage facility gets green light in north Kerry
Residents in north Kerry are outraged this week over a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for...
Environment
'Cutaway bogs were to become a real-world weapon in the fight against climate change'
An oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála into the development of a wind farm in Co. Longford heard last week...
Environment
No evidence of breeding curlew at Derryadd Wind Farm site in Longford
An oral hearing into the Derryadd Wind Farm which was held in Longford on Wednesday, June 12, heard that there...
Environment
Swans and snails take centre stage at wind farm hearing, but why?
Concerns about whooper swan habitats and whether or not the whorl snail is present at a proposed wind farm development...
Environment
Hearing into Derryadd Wind Farm: Time is 'running out' to act
Recent reports, in line with the UN Climate Change Report 2018, indicate that we only have a very narrow window...
Environment
Donegal group 'baffled' by Amazon connection to local wind farm
Members of the Finn Valley Wind Action Group say they have been left baffled after Amazon announced it was set...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Rural Life
Wind farms: 'Local authority did not address the issues involved'
Hundreds of south Wicklow residents who will be impacted by the outcome of an appeal with An Bord Pleanála –...
Environment
Amazon to buy energy from wind farm in Donegal
International online shopping giant Amazon has committed to buying the energy from a new wind project in Ireland. The project...
Environment
'Professional objectors cashing in' on wind farm developments
The Irish Wind Farmers’ Association (IWFA) said this week that “professional objectors” are destroying Ireland’s attempts to produce efficient wind energy...
Rural Life
Bord na Mona to seek planning permission for Derryadd Wind Farm
Bord na Mona has confirmed that it intends to seek planning permission for the development of a wind farm at...