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Reasons, and the reasons for giving Reasons.
This is a case report on the Supreme Court judgment of: Kathleen Connelly v. An Bord Pleanala (Clare County Council and McMahon Finn Wind Acquisitions Ltd – Notice Parties) Full judgment here: Kathleen Connolly v ABP Supreme Court . The Parties … Continue reading
Posted in An Bord Pleanala; appeal; interested parties, High Court; Judicial Review; Appeal on the merits; judicial discretion, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Grid 25; North-South Interconnector
Tagged biomass, Canada, corruption, DA, depression, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, infrasound, Ireland, PAC, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, tort, vehicle, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farm noise, Wind power, wind turbine noise, wind turbines, windfarms
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The Courts of Ireland – take 2
Many thanks indeed for the loads of helpful comments and suggestions to the first draft of a chapter I am writing which seeks to introduce the Irish legal system to people who know little or nothing about Irish law. I … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Research; Peer-Review Process; Medical Journals, EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF, High Court; Judge Caroline Costello; John Callaghan; Leave to Appeal, High Court; Judicial Review; Appeal on the merits; judicial discretion, judicial review; Wednesbury Test; O'Keeffe; rationality; Separation of Powers, Law; High Court; Leave To Appeal; Environment, Legal Costs; Access to Justice; Courts, Peremptory law; Directory Law; Planning and Devlopment Act of 2000
Tagged accident, ANC, bald eagles, biomass, Canada, corruption, DA, depression, dizziness, Ei, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, foreseeability, green, green energy, infrasound, Ireland, Keith Stelling, Leave To Appeal, nocebo, PAC, public funds, renewable energy, renewables, Road Traffic Act, sleep deprivation, suicide, tort, vehicle, White Paper, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines
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The End of the Road – for the CCDG
As readers of this blog are well aware, I have for a while now followed the longstanding dispute between the two Declans – Declan McGrath, well-known author and conservationist, and Declan Mulhearne, the Chairperson of the Comeragh Community Development Group … Continue reading
Scandal! EirGrid in the Crosshairs.
Ratheniska residents are claiming that they have exposed Eirgrid’s litany of failures and systematic corporate sharp practice. The Ratheniska, Timahoe, Spink (RTS) Action Group, when briefing Minister Denis Naughten, made a number of extremely serious allegations, which they backed … Continue reading
Posted in EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF, RTS Action Group; Ratheniska; Timahoe; Spink
Tagged dizziness, Eirgrid; Eirgrid Group; Fintan Slye, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, RTS Action Group, sleep deprivation, suicide, tort, wind, Wind power
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‘Windfarm has ruined my family’s life’
Yet another distressed family has come forward to describe how a wind farm in Co. Wicklow has ‘ruined’ their lives. Richard Hobson and his partner have two special needs children who are sensitive to noise and light. The family … Continue reading
Posted in Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten
Tagged Canada, DA, depression, dizziness, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines
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Lots of hot air, but still no cost-benefit analysis
Wind Aware Ireland Press Release Minister Naughten has been accused of talking ‘gobbledygook’ on wind energy by a top economist. Minister Naughten’s take on wind energy in Ireland has been described as “gobbledygook verging on baby talk.” by top economist … Continue reading
Posted in EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, Green Party; Ireland; Eamonn Ryan; Cormac Manning
Tagged biomass, Canada, cost of wind power, DA, depression, dizziness, Electrical grid, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, infrasound, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbine noise, wind turbine syndrome, wind turbines
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A Solar Roof?
I found this on Bloomberg. I would be interested to read peoples’ comments. “Tesla Inc. has kicked off production of its long-awaited electricity-producing shingles that Elon Musk says will transform the rooftop solar industry. Manufacturing of the … Continue reading
Corporate Energy Control is the big problem
If each household was an energy neutral entity, would that not be far more desirable than ramping up the grid and building massive wind farms all over the country? It seems logical, but of course that would mean an end … Continue reading
Posted in EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords;, BW Energy; ReThink Pylons; Green Paper on Energy; wind turbines; GridLink; EirGrid; biomass; Solar PV; renewable energy, EcoPower; Ecopower Developments Limited; Waterford City Council; Waterford County Council; wind farm; County Development Plan, EirGrid; budget; tax; stealth tax; PSO Levy; electricity price; charges; financial statement; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Labour Party; People Before Profit; Direct Democracy; ESB; Rabbitte; Phil Hogan; w, Fine Gael, green energy, Pat Swords; High Court; Four Courts; NREAP; EirGrid; EU; wind energy; wind turbines; pylons; Labour; Fianna Fail; Sinn Fein; Green Party; Eamon Ryan, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, Wind power, wind turbines
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Unjustified spending and rampant price increases in costs of electricity
Wind Aware Ireland have launched their new report “The Costs of Wind Energy in Ireland”. This report may precipitate the latest scandal in public spending. REPORT: The Costs of Wind Energy in Ireland The report shows that the Irish State … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy; Ireland; Fine Gael; Labour; Sinn Fein; Workers; Constitution, EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, Green Party; Ireland; Eamonn Ryan; Cormac Manning, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Grid 25; North-South Interconnector, Wind Farm Contract, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans, Wind Turbines: Esen Fatma Kabadayi Whiting
Tagged biomass, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, Wind power
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Think, dammit, THINK!
“If we are uncritical, we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations; and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories.” (Karl Popper) in this … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Research; Peer-Review Process; Medical Journals, Brexit, Cloud; iCloud; Data Centre; Data Center, EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF
Tagged biomass, Canada, DA, depression, EirGrid, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, Tom Chatfield; #TalkCriticalThinking, vehicle, White Paper, wind, wind energy, wind farms, Wind power
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