Irish Examiner view: Wind projects must go to sea

Surely all windfarms should be at sea. Picture Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary is involved in a planning row over a windfarm near land he owns in Westmeath.

Gaeltech Energy Services proposes a windfarm to service 46,900 households but, at 180m, the turbines would be among the largest in the country. Unlike many opposed to wind farms, Mr O’Leary has the resources to mount a successful challenge. It does though seem bizarre that this issue is still being debated. Surely, all wind farm, each heavily subsidised by the Government, should be at sea?