Four people awarded over €300k in total for damages arising from wind farm nuisance

The court had heard a claim that the nuisance caused the breakdown of one couple's relationship

The challenges are the first private nuisance claims from wind turbine noise to run in Ireland or the UK. File photo: David Creedon

Four people who took High Court actions against a wind farm operator have been awarded a combined sum of over €300,000 in damages arising from nuisance caused by the wind farm.

Ms Justice Emily Egan held that noise levels from the two-turbine Ballyduff Windfarm at Kilcomb, near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, amounted to an “unreasonable interference” with the enjoyment of two properties.