Fisherman asks court to quash licence for investigating off-shore site for wind farm

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The €1.5 billion project is proposed for sites off the coast of Dublin and Wicklow

According to Dublin Array, the scheme is to be located about 10 kilometres off the coast in the Kish and Bray banks and comprise about 39 to 50 wind turbines capable of generating between 700 and 850 megawatts of renewable energy each year.

Notice party RWE Renewables Ireland Limited, represented by Darren Lehane SC and David Browne BL, will be contesting the granting of any extension to the stay. A court-imposed pause of operations has “immediate financial consequences”, the court heard. In a sworn statement to the court, Mr Toole says his firm has three vessels and seven fishermen operating in fishing whelk, lobster, crab and shrimp. They have increased their fishing catch by partaking in conservation measures, he says.

“Any physical interference with the shifting sands on this bank will have a massive knock-on effect not only on the species we target but on every bit of marine life that exists in the area,” he said.

 

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