“A lot of people in rural Ireland would be quite happy to be left alone”: Locals in Clare have voiced their opposition to plans for 66 wind turbines in the area, highlighting how developers continue to rely on outdated 2006 guidelines:
Climate objections.
“I think we have to do that being honest at a moment when it’s possible to do it.”
Tánaiste Simon Harris says he would like to see planning exemptions for IPAS centres eventually “phased out”, but that it is not “possible” to do so now.
Govt proposals
“Absolutely horrible”
Left homeless
Prospect of jail
‘Unfair that some wait years while others bypass the system’
Council “investigating complaints”
“You want to stop people building houses on their own land”
‘Overwhelming’ support