Joe NoonanJun 6
Defendants failed to engage with genuine, substantive complaints made by the couple over 12 years since turbines began operating in 2013. The defendants’ “seriously unimpressive” approach represented a threat to the goal of developing wind farms and wind energy. www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/wind...

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Windfarm must shut down three turbines and pay €360,000 damages to couple, High Court orders

The trial had heard that engineers and other experts are used to engaging with nearby residents and others and there are “usually many solutions available”, short of shutting down wind turbines, he noted.

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Show threadJoe NoonanJun 6
This is the second High Court injunction order granted against a wind farm operator in Wexford in the past two weeks. More www.thejournal.ie/high-court-o...

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High Court orders total shutdown of three wind turbines in Wexford due to noise nuisance

It’s the first time a judge has ordered the complete shut down of wind turbines in Ireland.

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The case began in May 2018. It was fully contested until the defendants admitted liability in Court in March 2025 on the eleventh day of the trial.
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Link to thejournal.ie report on the first injunction order granted in Ireland, restraining operation of a wind farm, made last month. www.thejournal.ie/high-court-o... #sleep #noise #sleepdisturbance #pollution #tort

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Show threadJoe NoonanJun 6
Link to that first injunction judgment, relating to Ballyduff windfarm operated by Meenacloghspar (Wind) Ltd. www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco...

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The first judgment in the Ballyduff case, issued in March 2024, finding the claim of noise nuisance proven. The Court will hear evidence on the consequent damages claim later this month. www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco...

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This landmark judgment is now freely accessible on courts.ie www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco... #noise #nuisance #machinery #humanrights

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Show threadJoe NoonanJun 6
The three defendants: ABO Energy Ireland Ltd., ABO Energy O&M Ireland Ltd. and Wexwind Ltd.
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Judge: "16. Wind turbine noise is a recognised problem from wind farms. Addressing it in a substantial way is seen, according to the expert evidence in this trial, as critical to the future success of wind as a major source of renewable energy."