Letters to the Editor: Sacrificing assets to hit unreachable targets

Environment minister Darragh O’Brien should reflect on his recent comments that specific guidelines around the installation of solar farms are not necessarily required for Ireland.

Given that the Government agreed to the unachieveable targets for 2030 with no mandate from the Irish people and recent reports from Irish Academy of Engineering’s Eamon O’Reilly, this push to roll out solar farms ignores all the warning signs of the reckless sacrifices of food production land, health and welfare of communities, and depopulation of rural communities due to the risk of living in an energy-producing industrial estate.

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