Scenic or not?

THE Irish Examiner of June 7 devoted approximately three column inches to a High Court decision to uphold a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a wind farm within five miles of Gougane Barra National Forest Park.

Sat, 11 Jun, 2005 - 01:00

It appears the board ignored its own inspector’s advice and somehow managed to fudge the line, designating some areas scenic and others not, on a large scale map in the Cork development plan to (incorrectly) “... conclude that the site did not lie within a designated Area of Scenic Amenity.”

While I strongly support renewably energy, I do not believe we should contaminate our most scenic areas with such structures.

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