Kerry County Council is being asked to set out its policies for “emerging technologies” after it gave the go-ahead for a controversial battery storage plant near an electricity substation in Sliabh Luachra.

A controversial wind farm proposal for turbines reaching 150 metres in height and 120-metre diameter blades in the heart of historic Sliabh Luachra area in Kerry has been granted permission by An Bord Pleanala.

An application for a large battery storage compound near an electricity substation on the Cork-Kerry border is being vigorously opposed by locals, who warn of a historic area being turned into “an industrial minefield”.

No provision has been made in planning laws, in Kerry, for a minimum distance of the erection of huge wind turbines from family homes.

A heartland of old Gaelic music and literature is refusing to dance to the tune of wind developers.