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Questions for EirGrid
There has been intense speculation about EirGrid’s announcement on GridLink, and the miracle cure in the form of “series compensation”. . I am not an engineer or very technical-minded, and even when some engineering friends tried to explain it to … Continue reading
Posted in Paudie Coffey; series compensation; Fine Gael; Alan Kelly; Alex White
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Wind Fraud
In Australia, Senator John Madigan continues to expose the fraudulent goings on in the wind industry. This time he has demonstrated that a wind company used methodologically flawed acoustic test reports to secure planning permission for an industrial wind farm. … Continue reading
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
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Research into Wind Turbine Infrasound
The research is extensive and continuing, and it is not good news for the wind industry. Despite their tobacco-style advertising and “sponsorship” of tame academics and front organisations like Environmental Impact Assessment, there is now a sound body of research … Continue reading
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
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Low Frequency Noise – for Beginners (like me)
In a previous blog I spoke about the Portuguese Supreme Court ordering the removal of four turbines after the dramatic effect on a family’s health. This is the lead researcher doing a well-explained presentation on the investigation that they conducted.
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
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The Liability of EirGrid – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series of blogs, I contemplated that awful question: “If my child develops cancer from the overhead lines, can I sue EirGrid?” As I said then, and do so again now, I no longer practice, and … Continue reading
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Tagged duty of care; standard of care; tort; negligence, EirGrid; Rabbitte; legal claim; tort; negligence; leukaemia; sue; Injuries Board; plaintiff; compensation, Engineers Ireland; Irish Academy of Engineers, leukaemia; child; cancer; Dennis Henshaw; EMR; EMF; EirGrid; Slye; John Lowry; Rabbitte; Labour; Fianna Fail; Fine Gael; Green Party; Sinn Fein; pylons; cancer; medical opinion; ethics
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