Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion

3:35 pm

Ms Agnes Doolan:

I thank the committee for inviting me. I speak as a community member as I live in Banagher. No turbine will be built on its main street, but Taylor's Cross and Garbally are 2 km from the edge of the town. In October I happened to spot a map which Mr. Caulfield had put on the Offaly Facebook page showing a shaded area near Banagher which was marked as a proposed area of study. This is a euphemism for a wind farm and I was horrified. I must take issue with Mr. O'Donovan who portrayed-----