Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement
2:00 am
Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Is that compromised by the many wind turbine applications that are currently being applied for in the east Clare area? Some would stand 180 m tall and it could be argued that rotating blades, with four, five or possibly more rotations per minute, would interfere with the radio wave that goes from the radar, pings off the airplane and gives the air traffic controllers the vertical and horizontal positioning of the plane with nanosecond accuracy. Could it be interfering with that? By extension, could it compromise passenger safety and the national asset that is Woodcock Hill radar station?
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