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A PROPOSAL to resume the operation of Derrybrien Wind Farm under a new company such as the Western Commission has been criticised as akin to reselling a “dangerous, defective, written-off car to a new customer”. On the 19th anniversary of the landslide at Derrybrien and the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court Judgement, Friends of Derrybrien Environment have claimed supporters of the Save Derrybrien Windfarm are engaging in a “futile and misleading campaign with no prospect of success” to protect an illegal and loss-making development. In a hard hitting statement issued to the Clare Champion, Martin Collins of Friends of Derrybrien Environment has alleged the “bogus calls” to reopen/recommission the wind farm is a continuation of the controversy that the commentators themselves complain about. “It is very disturbing that some legislators refuse to recognise the imperative of ensuring that planning and environmental regulations must apply to all equally,” he stated. “The government and the ESB have reluctantly accepted that this …
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