Coolcappa Community Action

13/08/2026

🎟️ A HUGE Thank You — and a Last Chance to Get Your Ticket!

A massive thank you to everyone who has supported the Coolcappa Community Action Group fundraiser, and especially to all the volunteers who gave their time to sell tickets. ❤️

Your support has helped us cover the cost of the professional expertise needed for our community submission to the appeal against Limerick City and County Council’s refusal of planning permission for six wind turbines beside Coolcappa village.

We are now coming into an important stage of the planning appeal, with 25 August the current deadline for An Coimisiún Pleanála to make its decision or extend the time for consideration.

⏰ LAST CHANCE — TICKETS EXTENDED UNTIL 20 AUGUST!

If you missed the fundraiser, you still have a chance to get a syndicate ticket.

🎟️ Syndicate tickets: €30
📅 Late entry closes: 20 August

Every ticket helps support the community campaign and the work being done on behalf of local residents.

If you were thinking about getting a ticket, now is the time! 🙏

For tickets or details, buy online
https://buy.stripe.com/9B600dfhZ9gvcA7b7s83C00

or contact:
📞 Deirdre Hough — 087 641 5449
📞 Gerard Liston — 087 270 6859

Please share this post and help us spread the word. Thank you again to everyone who has supported us — your generosity really does make a difference. ❤️

🍀 FUNDRAISING SYNDICATE 🍀

Only a few days to go!

Coolcappa Community Action Group is launching a Community EuroMillions Syndicate to help raise funds towards consultant costs from the recent Ballynisky wind turbine appeal.

💶 €30 one-time membership
🎟️ Two EuroMillions lines entered for the syndicate every Tuesday & Friday for 12 months
📅 Starts 4th August 2026

Thank you for your support. Together, every membership helps.

🍀 It could be us!

13/08/2026

Bellair Bog Community Group another community campaigning to protect their community and heritage.

Poignant piece written by Laura a committee member of the Bellair Bog Group

12/08/2026

Low frequency noise is the most common complaint from wind farm neighbours.

Please take some time to read about Ken Mattsson & Gustav Ericsson’s app.

Please share with a wind farm neighbour who needs this.

SoundSim360 accurately captures noise generated by wind turbines, including low-frequency noise propagated over vast distances.

11/08/2026

Ballyduff Wind Farm Neighbours…
One set of neighbours sold up and moved on
For another a relationship breakdown (stress)
9 years living 360m from a 2 turbine wind farm
The HSE describes the case as a ‘health based assessment’

Has anyone asked…
- Has Public Health investigated the complaints, if not why not?
- Is 360m too close?

Health aside...
- how much electricity has this wind farm generated?
- what is the total amount of Public Money paid out to the wind farm?
- how efficient is the wind farm/ what is its capacity factor now?

Has the Developer submitted a planning application to develop more wind farms (Mayo?), if so has the planning authority taken its track record into consideration?

https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/wexford-wind-farm-must-continue-restricting-operations-court-rules/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATojN9wZG9mAWZkaWQWUMSlSWucCFIGpQB94prxcyKEHYcuRmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR63gmYDOlffIdv_sJvhmeB91jVLvCq-NsOa7XomC-A-lsvkkVs1G9KcFAN3cw_aem_X_QAOe1QKmZaIQSCJR1tqA

Noise levels from two-turbine Ballyduff Windfarm near Enniscorthy amount to ‘unreasonable interference’, High Court said

11/08/2026

Something for farmers to be aware of.. peer reviewed scientific research confirms wind turbines impact neighbouring land temperatures and adversely impacts growth rates etc

Windkraftanlagen verändern das lokale Klima — messbar, signifikant und mit potentiell gravierenden Folgen für die Landwirtschaft. Von Politik und Mainstream Medien werden Windräder als [...]

28/07/2026

🍀 FUNDRAISING SYNDICATE 🍀

Only a few days to go!

Coolcappa Community Action Group is launching a Community EuroMillions Syndicate to help raise funds towards consultant costs from the recent Ballynisky wind turbine appeal.

💶 €30 one-time membership
🎟️ Two EuroMillions lines entered for the syndicate every Tuesday & Friday for 12 months
📅 Starts 4th August 2026

Thank you for your support. Together, every membership helps.

🍀 It could be us!

09/07/2026

🍀 IT COULD BE US! 🍀

The Coolcappa Community Action Group EuroMillions Syndicate is officially ON SALE NOW 🎉

One ticket. One year. One community in it together.

⭐ €30 one-off membership — that's it, you're in for a full year
🎟️ Entry to every EuroMillions Tuesday AND Friday draw from 1st August 2026
👥 Strictly limited to 700 members — when they're gone, they're gone
🎄 FREE entry to our Christmas Draw 2026 — €1,000 in cash prizes, 10 winners of €100 each

Every euro raised goes towards the professional fees needed to keep our campaign going. It's a fun way for everyone to get involved and support the cause — and if the numbers come up, the whole parish celebrates together 🍾

📞 To join, call or text:
Deirdre Hough — 087 641 5449
Rosemary Hodgson — 085 168 8307
Gerard Liston — 087 270 6859

Or simply comment "IN" below and we'll get back to you 👇

🔁 Please share this post and tag a neighbour who's always feeling lucky 🍀

Over 18s only. Winnings shared among all syndicate members.

04/07/2026

Thank you, O’Donoghue, for once again raising the issue of wind turbines and public health, and for being a strong voice for rural communities who deserve to be heard.

You are absolutely right—this should not be a debate.

When industrial wind turbines are placed too close to people's homes, there are real implications to public health and quality of life.

The Stonestown Community is directly comparable to the proposal Coolcappa faces, the initial row of 3 turbines; the same size & turbine, Vestas V136 is setback on average 850m to the Stonestown community, a populated rural road with more than 15 homes (some houses under 700m).

We need HSE Public Health to protect communities, investigate and act when required.

Thank you also for highlighting the ongoing situation affecting wind farm neighbours in Kilmeedy and Mauricetown. Their planning enforcement case files have remained open for years.

Why?

If Clare County Council can request the HSE to investigate wind farm noise and its potential impacts on residents, why has Limerick City and County Council refused to do the same for families in Kilmeedy and Mauricetown?

We applaud the procedures of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council "Complaints concerning incidents of noise nuisance are investigated on behalf of the Council by Environmental Health Officers (EHOs)." EHO's are health professionals employed by the HSE.

Every community deserves the same protection.

Public health is not a privilege. It is a fundamental right.

Rural families deserve answers.

Rural communities deserve fairness.

And above all, they deserve to have their voices heard.

Thank you Richard O'Donoghue TD

04/06/2026

🚨 Quality Matters

This video shows the debris of a broken wind turbine blade .. far from the turbine itself. A number of the proposed turbines in Coolcappa are less than 250m from bounding lands.

What many people don't realise is that, currently, the Irish Government does not require public certification checks for wind turbines as part of the planning and development process.

In countries such as Denmark and Germany, developers must submit IEC certification documents, and these records are publicly available. ‼️

Why does this matter?

1️⃣ Accountability for Public Investment
When developers claim a wind farm will generate a certain amount of electricity each year, the public should be able to verify whether those claims align with the manufacturer's certified performance data. Transparency helps ensure public money is being invested wisely.

2️⃣ Accountability for Quality
Projects subject to independent certification and public scrutiny tend to deliver higher standards. Transparency encourages better design, better construction, and better long-term performance.

Irish government has invested billions in the Wind industry and the public deserves the same level of transparency and quality assurance that exists in other leading wind energy countries.

18/05/2026

Prescribed Bodies - Part II

Public health bodies provide advisory input, but their recommendations do not have determinative weight in planning decisions, limiting the enforceability of public health considerations.

If planners are not accepting the HSE's recommendations - which is the 2018 WHO noise guidance for wind turbine noise, planners must justify their reasoning.

A recent report simply stated "the 2006 Guideline limits are acceptable"... on what planet ??

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