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national | environment | news report Sunday May 24, 2009 21:50 by Contaminated Crow

A quiet week: a landfill, a telemast, a windfarm

An Bord Pleanala has refused Greenstar permission to increase the amount of waste it landfills at Knockherley, near Kentstown, Co. Meath, a move which delighted the Knockharley and District Residents’ Association, whose secretary, Jim McCormack, welcomed the decision and hoped Greenstar would now ‘concentrate on operating the facility in accordance with the EPA licence’. (Meath Chronicle 23/5/09, p. 3).

Parents with children at Carlanstown National School have been called on to object to a planning application due to be lodged by Vodafone to retain its controversial telemast adjacent to the school in Carlanstown, Co. Meath. (Meath Chronicle 23/5/09, p.4).

Hibernian Windpower’s proposed 350 feet high 5-turbine windfarm at High Street, Lissycasey, Co. Clare, originally granted planning permission in 2003 but not proceeded with due to failure to secure a connection to the national grid, has run into problems with its recent application to Clare County Council to affirm that planning permission. The Department of the Environment has recommended a new or updated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) should be produced, as the project’s EIS predates the Derrybrien and other landslides and peat stability may be a significant issue at the site and thus requires detailed assessment. (Clare People 19/5/09, p. 25).