Kerry councillors reject minister's request to alter development plan to allow more wind turbines

With 364 turbines, more than any other county, and others in the pipeline, Kerry had 'done enough for wind' for the national grid, councillors said

Minister of State for Local Government Peter Burke put Kerry County Council on notice of his intention to revise its plan and to permit turbines from Abbeydorney to the outskirts of Tralee, Castleisland to Cordal, Beaufort to Killorglin and the outskirts of Killarney.

Councillors in Kerry have unanimously rejected a ministerial request to change their recently adopted wind policy and vastly increase the area where turbines would be “permitted" in the county.

Earlier this summer, councillors opted to restrict any further wind turbines to a narrow corridor along the Cork-Kerry border in its county development plan 2022-2028.