A Stormont department has refused to intervene in a planning row over a wind turbine erected at a 5,000-year-old protected burial ground. The Department for Infrastructure was asked to force the removal of the turbine at Knock Iveagh near Rathfriland after a planning mistake. The request came from a council Read more
Compromise needed to avert this climate emergency – Herald Paul Sheerin Our new year is still in its infancy, but already there are no shortages of challenges. A new virus variant returns us to the toughest of lockdowns, the ripple in the carpet that is Brexit has reached the wall, Read more
A petition with over 1,200 signatures calling for work to be halted on the Viking Energy windfarm has been handed to the Shetland Islands Council. The motion has been handed in by Save Shetland, and has attracted 1,221 signatures. Group member Ernie Rameker said there was “great concern”, in the Read more
Thank you for your emails of 3 November 2020 and 5 January 2021. Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in replying. As your correspondence relates to the disposal of wind turbine blades, I have been asked to reply on behalf of Scottish Ministers.As you will be aware, The Read more