East Cork locals to fight proposed 300-acre solar farm and battery storage facility

Group of homeowners, anglers, historians, archaeologists, and environmentalists fear toxic run-off from any leakages at battery facility could impact reservoir which supplies drinking water to about 10,000 people

The proposed solar farm is close to the East Cork town of Carrigtwohill.

A group has been set up to fight proposals for a massive 300-acre solar farm and battery storage facility close to the East Cork town of Carrigtwohill.

The group says its main fear is the potential for toxic run-off from any leakages on the elevated site at the battery facility that could impact the downhill Tibbotstown Reservoir, which supplies drinking water to about 10,000 people in the East Cork region.