Plans for €200m windfarm ‘threaten’ railway’s future

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.

West Coastal Wind Power Ltd envisages erecting up to 45 of the 415ft-high units.

The project has divided opinion in the West Clare coastal community of Doonbeg where 79 landowners are due to share an unspecified windfall from land leases.