A residents group is seeking to challenge in the High Court plans for a large scale €175m wind farm opposed by Kilkenny hurling great, Henry Shefflin.
Last September, An Bord Pleanala gave the go-ahead to the 21-turbine wind farm on a 1,434 hectare site mainly owned by Coillte to the east of the 10-time All Ireland winner’s native Ballyhale in south east Kilkenny.
The Castlebanny wind farm is expected to generate enough clean, green electricity to power the equivalent of around 70,000 homes annually - more than the 68,735 strong housing stock in Co Mayo, according to the latest CSO figures.
