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Save our Hills members hoping to prevent wind farm in upland Kilkenny say they’ll take their fight to the highest courts if necessary

Edwina Grace by Edwina Grace
04/11/2022
in KCLR News, News & Sport
Save our Hills members hoping to prevent wind farm in upland Kilkenny say they’ll take their fight to the highest courts if necessary

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The Save our Hills protestors say they will go to court to stop a wind farm being developed in their area.

EDF Energy has confirmed they want to go ahead with a project in the Castlewarren, Johnswell, Clara and surrounding areas of County Kilkenny.

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They have not yet submitted a planning application but Stephen Keogh says locals intend to fight it and they want people to help raise funds for a potential future court case.

And he’s been telling our Sue Nunn that they’ll take that fight all the way to the Supreme Court and beyond.

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Hear the conversation in full on last evening’s The Way It Is here:

Meanwhile, the Meitheal na Gaoithe/Irish Wind Farmers Association held its annual conference at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny a couple of weeks ago – hear what some of those involved there had to say about wind energy:

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