Setback for 22-turbine Cork windfarm plan

A company planning to build a 22-turbine windfarm on a site once earmarked for a €48m municipal landfill has received a setback.

Cork county councillors yesterday voted against allowing a portion of local authority-owned land at Bottlehill, 19km north of Cork city, to be used to build some of the turbines proposed by Brookfield Renewable Ireland.