{"id":249338,"date":"2026-01-17T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249338\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:44:13","slug":"minister-writes-to-planners-over-controversial-wind-farm-project-for-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249338\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister writes to planners over controversial wind farm project for Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLANS for a new wind farm near Coolcappa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/231\/planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">village<\/a> are back on the table, with a senior government minister having his say on them.<\/p>\n<p>Ballynisky Green Energy has confirmed it has resubmitted an application for the project to council planners.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the first submission was deemed to be incomplete last year.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is seeking permission to construct six wind turbines with an overall height of 158 metres near the village.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1989130\/limerick-man-wanted-for-alleged-human-trafficking-says-greek-prisons-an-affront-to-human-dignity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick man wanted for alleged human trafficking says Greek prisons &#8216;an affront to human dignity&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But locals &#8211; who have long been campaigning against the proposals &#8211; have criticised the timing of the application submission &#8211; just days before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a year when people hoped Santa might leave peace and quiet under the tree, it turned out Coolcappa received something else entirely: another planning application to unwrap,\u201d the community action group wrote in a statement.<br \/>It\u2019s meant should any residents wish to write to council with concerns, they only have until next Thursday, January 22.<\/p>\n<p>As of this Tuesday, just two people had written to council.<\/p>\n<p>In that number is Communications Minister and local TD Patrick O\u2019Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote locals are worried about the impact of the wind farm, pointing to set-back distance, noise, engagement with the community through the process, traffic, grid capacity and shadow flicker.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow flicker takes place when the sun is low enough in the sky &#8211; in evenings and mornings &#8211; that wind turbines pass across it, causing a brief shadow of landscapes and buildings every few seconds.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Ballynisky Green Energy has said the turbines are designed with technology which will minimise this.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the firm said residents are encouraged to discuss the project with a dedicated community liaison officer via telephone at 061-975200, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballyniskygreenenergy.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.ballyniskygreenenergy.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANS for a new wind farm near Coolcappa village are back on the table, with a senior government&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2177,61,60,1396,43,9041],"class_list":{"0":"post-249338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-county-limerick","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-limerick","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-planning-notices"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}