Irish wind-farm developers confident of subsidies deal

Irish wind-farm developers, counting on a trade deal that would allow them to benefit from British power subsidies, said they are confident an agreement will be reached.

Talks to enable Irish renewable generators to sell power to British customers have already dragged on for 14 months.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said yesterday, after a meeting with his British counterpart, David Cameron, that the countries may miss a target to begin trading by 2020.