Half of Cork land ‘open to consideration’ for wind farms

Despite guidelines in the Cork County Development Plan, council planners say around 50% of the county is still "open to consideration" as regards the erection of wind farms.

This includes huge swathes of rural land, especially in east Cork, the north-west of the county, and from Carrigaline to the west as far as Dunmanway.

However, planners say that, as a rule, wind farms should not be built in urban areas, metropolitan Cork, or green-belt areas where householders could be affected by noise and shadow flicker.