{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/694281e4e0aa901b33687267?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'We Live in a Densely Populated Community of 1,200 Humans' – Residents to Appeal Louth Wind Farm Decision - 17/12/2025","description":"<p>Furious residents are set to appeal the decision to grant planning permission for five “monstrous” wind turbines in the Monasterboice/Kellystown area of County Louth. Louth County Council gave the go-ahead to energy developers EDF last week, but the project looks set to be delayed for at least a year or more while local householders take their fight to the new Planning Commission, An Coimisiún Pleanála.</p><p><br></p><p>About 1,200 people live within two kilometres of where the controversial 180-metre-tall windmills are to be built. The Heritage Council has also objected amid fears the turbines will damage the picturesque and historic landscape of the Boyne Valley.</p><p><br></p><p>Spokesperson for the Kellystown/Monasterboice Wind Action Group, Ray Donagh, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}