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.

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.

THE third wet summer in succession – rainfall for July alone was more than three times above normal in parts of Munster and Leinster – again sparks fears of landslides.