Let’s take the wind out of turbines propaganda

AS the wind turbine propaganda machine blows into our area with potentially devastating effects on our vibrant rural community, isn’t it time county planners realised that such high-scale energy wind turbine farms are far more suited to isolated mountainous areas? Better still, they are proven to be more effective out at sea, and not on top of a community.

Newcestown GAA club in west Cork must be commended in these recessionary times for rejecting an offer of e125,000 over five years from the company planning to build up to 14 wind turbines in the Newcestown and Castletown area (Irish Examiner, March 4). According to a director of the company, this proposed deal was “to put something back into the community”.

That is ironic as they will in fact be taking away our tranquil living conditions, damaging the local landscape and creating noise and other pollution.