Call to end work on 60m wind farm after landslide

THE south Galway community of Derrybrien has renewed its call for a complete halt of the construction of a 60 million wind farm in the Slieve Aughty mountains following yesterday’s landslide, the second this month.

Local community members watched in astonishment yesterday morning as fully mature trees flowed off the hillside in a river of thick mud.

One local farmer said the rivers and streams were turning black with the pollution, and fears were expressed for domestic water supplies.