The trial had heard that engineers and other experts are used to engaging with nearby residents and others and there are “usually many solutions available”, short of shutting down wind turbines, he noted.

The 'Tonn Nua' site, 12 kilometres off the Waterford coast, is set to deliver 900 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy

The project involves landfall works at Killard on the Clare coast that lie close to US President elect Donald Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg.

Sinn Féin Councillor and General Election candidate, Councillor Conor D McGuinness, has said criticised a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a "colossal wind farm development" at Lyrenacarriga in West Waterford.

The proposed windfarms could deliver inward investment of €4.4 billion

The cases are the first private nuisance claim from wind turbine noise to run in either Ireland or the UK