An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a €200m wind farm on Clare’s Atlantic coast that divided families in the village of Doonbeg.

Doonbeg Golf Club has joined forces with the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) in opposing plans for a €200m wind farm in Clare.

The managing director of the West Clare Railway has claimed a planned €200 million windfarm — with pylons topping 400ft — places the railway’s future development in considerable doubt.