Plans rejected for country’s largest district heating system

Plans for the country’s largest district heating system, which involves a timber-based biomass plant in Killarney, Co Kerry, have been rejected by the town council.

More than 100 objections had been received, the bulk of them from residents near the proposed plant.

The ambitious proposal aimed at heating the town’s hotels, guesthouses, swimming pools, and private houses involved the demolition of a warehouse in an area zoned industrial.