Professor John Doyle:

One must think that the engineering background in Belfast has something to bring to the table. It is a tradition we do not have in the South. Turbines would create well-paid and suitable jobs that would be all-island focused and complementary. There are social issues to be dealt with - God knows we have a housing issue in the South to be radically dealt with - but it is about trying to commit a percentage of a state's income to long-term investments around productive investment, long-term climate change adaptation and public transport. They are hard political choices.