Legal

Court sides with Wexford locals in row over windfarm noise disruption

Landmark decision marks the first time a private nuisance claim regarding wind turbine noise has been ruled on in Ireland or the UK

Meenacloghspar, which operates the Ballyduff Wind Farm, had denied the claims and argued that because the wind turbine noise is said to comply with the conditions in the planning permission, nuisance cannot be established

Noise generated at certain times by a Wexford windfarm is a nuisance to people living nearby, a High Court judge has ruled.

Ms Justice Emily Egan said it was not a binary choice between the “generation of clean energy” by a wind farm and “a good night’s sleep” for its neighbours.

“It should be possible to achieve both,” she said.

The judge said Meenacloghspar (Wind) Limited “cannot rest its laurels” on the proposition that the ...