Category Archives: Ballymore Eustace

Motion on Wind Turbine Setback Passed at Council

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At yesterday’s full meeting of Kildare County Council, the Fianna Fáil group pushed through a motion calling for a minimum setback distance on wind turbines of 10 times tip height, to be incorporated into the county development plan and applied to future developments including the Maighne wind farm, application for which is being made for dozens of turbines in North West Kildare. Whilst the motion is controversial and was resisted by officials, we felt it was imperative we send a strong signal to the industry that the proposals are not acceptable and to government that we will wait on the guidelines no longer.

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Eadestown Windfarm Application Withdrawn

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Earlier this week I welcomed the withdrawal of the planning application to build wind turbines at Eadestown (between Naas and Blessington). This proposal came on the table out of nowhere in June and it has now vanished again without trace.

It caused considerable concern and alarm amongst the local community and it was feared it would be the start of an entire belt of wind turbines stretching from Kilteel through Eadestown and into Ballymore Eustace areas. Credit to the local group, Eadestown Against Spin, who mobilised rapidly and got organised and led the charge in raising serious concerns on the plans.

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Eadestown Windfarm Proposals

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In June, a proposal emerged by a private company to build a set of wind turbines on the hill at Athgarrett, Eadestown (on the Naas-Blessington road). The development was greeted with deep concern amongst the local community and series of public meetings were rapidly organised. I attended and spoke at all of these and have been working closely with the local group (Eadestown Against Spin).

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Motion Tabled to Suspend Wind Farm Applications

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Wind TurbineWindfarm projects have been the source of much controversy across the Kildare area already and the latest development concerns a proposal to build a set of wind turbines at a site in Eadestown, just outside Naas nearing the Kildare / Wicklow border.

Residents have significant concerns and they have raised these with me. I have tabled a motion for the next full meeting of the County Council to suspend planning applications on such projects until greater finality exists around national and local guidelines.

This proposal came out of the blue really in Eadestown. Residents organised a public meeting in Eadestown GAA Hall, which I attended last Wednesday. There was understandable concern given that the site is pretty much at the heart of Eadestown village on a hill just between the church and the GAA field and very close to many houses and the village centre. There is also a concern that if the project starts here, before long the entire green belt from Ballymore to Kilteel would be spinning.

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Thank You

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I am overwhelmed by the support I received in last Friday’s local elections. I would like to say a huge thank you to all the many people involved in the campaign and to everyone who supported me at the polls. With the highest vote in the county it is quite a mandate and I am humbled to have received it. It is a great honour to now formally serve the Naas area and I look forward to getting stuck into the job. Please do not hesitate to contact me on any issue and I look forward to a busy term of office ahead. Thank you.