Golf club among those objecting to proposals for €200m wind farm

Doonbeg Golf Club has joined forces with the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) in opposing plans for a €200m wind farm in Clare.

The US-owned golf club lodged a formal objection with An Bord Pleanála against the planned 415ft- high, 45-turbine, wind farm at Doonbeg that has tip heights more than twice that of Dublin’s Liberty Hall.

The plan has divided opinion in the community. Some 79 local landowners stand to benefit from lucrative lease agreements with German-based West Coastal Windpower.