{"id":381092,"date":"2026-04-04T04:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381092\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:46:14","slug":"film-industry-in-rural-kilkenny-village-could-be-in-jeopardy-if-eight-turbine-wind-farm-gets-the-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381092\/","title":{"rendered":"Film industry in rural Kilkenny village could be in jeopardy if eight-turbine wind farm gets the green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Fears that the eight 175 metre-high turbines proposed near the village of Inistioge in Co Kilkenny, could disrupt rural life, harm wildlife and devalue homes\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Residents of Inistioge in Co Kilkenny are opposing plans for the proposed construction of eight 'mega' wind turbines overlooking their village. Photo credit: Protect Inistioge's Environment Facebook page\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/16c9b190-40e5-43d3-8a07-bc3d0948c497.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Residents of Inistioge in Co Kilkenny are opposing plans for the proposed construction of eight &#8216;mega&#8217; wind turbines overlooking their village. Photo credit: Protect Inistioge&#8217;s Environment Facebook page<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Some residents of a rural community in south Kilkenny have joined forces to oppose the proposed construction of eight \u201cmega\u201d wind turbines in the area, with some of the turbines expected to stand as close as about 700 metres from family homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Plans for the proposed Curraghmore Windfarm by Empower Renewables would see eight wind turbines constructed on elevated land at Mount Alto and along the ridge adjacent to the South Leinster Way, overlooking the picturesque Co Kilkenny village of Inistioge, home to over 1,000 residents and over 280 homes and businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fears that the eight 175 metre-high turbines proposed near the village of Inistioge in Co Kilkenny, could disrupt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7499,72,61,60],"class_list":["post-381092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-aisling-bolton-dowling","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381092","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=381092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}