It was 1992, and the now retired Bord na Mona (BnM) workers, Murphy an electrician and Hopkins a fitter, were selected to became Ireland’s first “experts” in the construction and maintenance of commercial wind turbines. It was there Ireland’s first commercial wind farm came to life. The decommissioning of Bellacorick Wind Farm will make way for the development of Phase 3 of the BnM (formerly Bord na Mona) owned Oweninny Wind Farm, Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm. Plaswire has developed a solution to ensure wind turbine components are processed, repurposed and reintroduced into manufacturing, rather than being sent to landfill. It was pioneering, and it has proven the importance of wind energy and what could be done with it before it became mainstream.

Source: Irish Independent January 19, 2026 07:01 UTC