Plans scrapped for €1.4bn Atlantic wind farm opposed by Tommy Tiernan

Developers have abandoned a controversial offshore wind project, forfeiting a €35.4m bond after widespread opposition, including from comedian Tommy Tiernan

An offshore windfarm. Plans for a €1.4bn wind farm off the coast of Co Clare and Co Galway have been withdrawn.

An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP) has confirmed that plans have formally been withdrawn for a €1.4bn offshore wind farm comprising 30 Eiffel Tower-sized turbines off the coast of Co Clare and Co Galway.

TV chat-show host and stand-up comedian Tommy Tiernan was one of 177 third parties who lodged submissions with ACP on the contentious plan to construct the 450MW wind farm, featuring 30 turbines more than 1,000ft high in the Atlantic Ocean.