Closed order goes green to save on electricity bills

First they embraced social media. Now they’re going green.

An order of contemplative nuns, whose members live a hidden life of prayer, penance, and perpetual adoration behind closed doors, has been given planning permission to install solar panels on its monastery in Cork.

The Poor Clare Sisters hope the large photovoltaic array which will be built on the roof of a building at their landmark premises on College Rd will be the answer to their prayers as they seek to reduce their electricity bills.