Garff residents brand Mooir Vannin windfarm 'ridiculous' and 'insanity'

Manx Newscast

The majority of people attending a public meeting to discuss proposals for an offshore windfarm off the Island's east coast were against the plans.

It was organised by Garff Commissioners about the Mooir Vannin Offshore Windfarm proposal by Ørsted.

The local authority was using the meeting to gauge the views of residents before submitting its own response to the consultation and submitting its views on the application.

Ørsted has been working on the project since 2015 and under the current plans could see 87 turbines stretch across the east coast of the Island from Maughold to Onchan.

There were around 100 people in attendance at the meeting but there were no representatives from Ørsted at the meeting to respond to the comments.

Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper was at the meeting.