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Plans have been unveiled by Bord na Móna for a new windfarm on bog stretching across the Laois Offaly border. Garryhinch Wind Farm is planned to be built...
A new windfarm is being planned between Portarlington and Mountmellick in Laois. Bord na Móna has invited the public to view its plans for Garryhinch win...
Bord na Móna hoping to build a wind farm on a Laois Offaly cutaway bog close to Portarlington and Mountmellick. The company has begun consulting the publ...
Decision made on wind farm planned in Laois Reporter: A windfarm planned for Laois has been refused permission by Laois County Council today. Statkraft had applied to build eight wind turbines 185 metres tall, in the Forest Upper, Forest Lower and Dernacart rural area outside Mountmellick, off the N80 Tullamore road. Their plans received many local objections from residents. Minister Sean Fleming had sent a submission against the development saying it was against World Health Organisation guidelines, it would make large tracts of land uninhabitable for housing, and could impact on Mountmelli...