The judge also awarded damages arising from the devaluation of both properties. Photograph: Getty Images
Four people who took High Court actions against a wind farm operator have been awarded more than €300,000 in damages arising from nuisance caused by the farm.
In a significant judgment delivered last year, Ms Justice Emily Egan held that noise levels from the two-turbine Ballyduff Windfarm at Kilcomb, near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, amounted to an “unreasonable interference” with the enjoyment of two properties.
The challenges, taken against Meenacloghspar (Wind) Limited, of Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, were the first private nuisance claims from wind turbine noise to run in Ireland or the UK, the ju
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