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Micheál Martin says he can’t interfere with investigation into bog slide at Amazon windfarm site

The bog slide at the Meenbog wind farm on the Donegal-Tyrone border in November 2020 led to hundreds of cubic metres of peat and debris getting into the local river

Micheál Martin: Government could not speed up the investigation into the bog slide because this would constitute interference. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that he cannot interfere in a three-year long investigation into a bog slide at a windfarm development for Amazon.

The bog slide at the Meenbog wind farm on the Donegal-Tyrone border in November 2020 led to hundreds of cubic metres of peat and debris getting into the local river.

The 19-turbine windfarm was being built to supply electricity to Amazon for its Amazon Web Services data centres in Ireland.

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