€30m turbines to help protect 4,000 jobs

It is hoped up to 4,000 jobs will be secured after An Bord Pleanála last night granted permission to four healthcare companies to build €30m wind turbines in Cork Harbour.

The planning appeals board granted healthcare companies Janssen Biologics, (Centocor at the time of the application), DePuy, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis permission to build four wind turbines, each 100m high, to supply their plants with green energy.

It is estimated that the companies are responsible, directly or indirectly, for 4,000 jobs and spend in excess of €100m annually on services to the local economy.