Wind energy ‘will destroy Irish jobs’

Wind energy will slow down the economy and destroy Irish jobs, according to a professor of economics at Sussex University.

Richard Tol, who formerly worked with the Economic and Social Research Institute, spoke after Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton announced the Government’s policy statement on growth and employment in the green economy, which claimed 10,000 jobs could be created in the sector.

Prof Tol said that expanding the sector will result in more jobs, but it is not as simple as that.