Energy strategy proves divisive

A new renewable energy strategy by Kerry County Council is causing deep divisions in the Inny Valley, near Waterville, a meeting has heard.

However, the council adopted a strategy that 5,000 hectares there be zoned “open to consideration” for green energy projects.

This marked a U-turn by the council, which last July voted that the valley, on the Ring of Kerry tourist route, was “unsuitable for wind development”.