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'Sell-out' and 'exaggeration' claims in bitter Offaly wind energy split

Sell-out and exaggeration claims in bitter Offaly wind energy split
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AMID allegations of sell-outs, underhanded activity, exaggeration and emotional rhetoric, Offaly councillors voted by the narrowest of margins against a proposal to exclude Lemanaghan Bog entirely from an area in the county where wind farms may be permitted.
Instead of adopting a motion from Cllr Ken Smollen for Lemanaghan s outright exclusion, the council opted by nine votes to eight to pass an amendment tabled by Cllr Frank Moran which seeks to create a turbine-free zone at least 700m wide around the monastic site founded by St Manchan. ....

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Offaly councillors back removal of 2km wind farm buffer around villages

BY a margin of 12 to five, councillors in Offaly have voted to remove the 2km buffer zone between wind turbines and towns and villages. The zone s removal had b. ....

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