Justin Moran

Good morning, Karen, and good morning to Darren.

What I also heard from Darren was strong support for development of renewable energy and strong support for development of wind energy.

And I think what he wants, and it's a very understandable thing, is to ensure that when these projects are developed, they're developed in line with nature and in tune with nature.

And we've seen that, and we've seen that done, where wind farms in Ireland are being planned and managed with nature in mind.

They support biodiversity by restoring peatlands.

They maintain hedgerows to create habitats for pollinators and birds.

And I know North Leitrim is a beautiful part of the world, and certainly that's a place where tourists should go.

But I'd also suggest maybe the tourists could check out Sleafbourne Wind Farm in the south of Roscommon or Mount Lucas Wind Farm in Knossally, where they'll see that habitat, that nature habitat growing and continuing to grow and continue to develop with a wind farm on the site.

I've taken my daughter to visit Sleafbourne Wind Farm.

There's a playground on the wind farm, and she plays there.

And I think that's the kind of...

role that we want to see wind farms producing because one thing is clear.

Well, I think when they go in and they submit their planning application, the Environmental Impact Assessment Report is part of that.

And both Darren and other stakeholders and anyone who wants to study it can examine it and can put in their observations on it and inform the decision on what Pernod will make.

But I think the reality is every man and woman listening to this conversation is paying too much for their electricity.

We are living in a cost of living crisis and electricity bills are rising.

And the one thing that we know works that pushes down the wholesale electricity price is the development of wind energy.

We've saved nearly 1 billion euros for Irish electricity consumers since 2020.

We intend to save more.

And when you look at developing new electricity generation in Ireland, onshore wind energy is the cheapest and most affordable source of new electricity generation.