Carlow

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Elderflower club to host Easter fare in Carlow town (The Nationalist)

By Elizabeth Lee A WONDERFUL day of enjoying cake, tea, chat and flowers is promised when members of the Elderflower Garden Club host their first Easter ...

Enterprising Carlow students set for competition final in Croke Park (The Nationalist)

By Elizabeth Lee IT LOOKS like the future of entrepreneurship is safe in Ireland if the standard of entries in this year's Student Enterprise Programme is…

Speaking about the programme, Jim Woods of Local Enterprise Office Carlow said: “We have a very successful Student Enterprise Programme here in Carlow, with over 700 students from ten local schools taking part this year. An estimated 730 students from ten schools locally took part in the annual programme, which is organised and mentored by Carlow Local Enterprise Office. In a perfect blend of creativity and business savvy, eager teens from all over Co Carlow came up with brilliant ideas for their enterprises as part of their transition year programme.

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Coillte refused permission for Carlow wind turbines (RTE.ie)

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission to Coillte for the construction of a seven turbine 583 ft high wind farm for an upland site in Co Carlow.

The association stated that Croaghaun Mountain forms an integral part of the Mount Leinster complex of free flying sites and is a recreational amenity and tourist attraction. The association stated that free flyers partake in two different types of flight at Croaghaun Mountain and the proposed wind farm will have different impacts on each. The Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association told the appeals board that Croaghaun Mountain has been in continuous use by free flyers since the 1970s and is used for national competitions.

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Bord Pleanála refuses Coillte planning permission for wind farm in ... (The Irish Times)

Coillte lodged a first-party appeal against the refusal and the Irish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, Martina Kinsella, Patrick McLean, the Save Mount ...

The association for hang gliding and paragliding told the appeals board that Croaghaun Mountain had been in use by free flyers since the 1970s and was used for national competitions. However, the appeals board ruled that the wind farm proposed for a 246-hectare site at Croaghaun Mountain should be refused planning permission as it contravened the Carlow County Development Plan. The appeals board said the proposed site was within the designated Blackstairs and Mount Leinster Uplands Landscape Character Area, where wind farm development would not normally be permitted.

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