Great project at the mercy of snails or eggheads

HAVING heard radio interviews and read your feature article (May 9), I am blown away by the Spirit of Ireland wind energy proposal.

If their projections are correct we could be self-sufficient in power within five years and become net exporters of green power.

All the work undertaken by this group up to now is for free because they believe so passionately in this project with its capacity to make a significant impact on our unemployment problem. The benefits to the exchequer would run into billions of euro.