Please note that our offices are closed for Christmas and New Year's holidays. We re-open on Tuesday 4 January. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
OFFALY SOLICITORS AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Thomas W. Enright Solicitors is a solicitors' firm long established in Birr in County Offaly and serving clients in Birr and throughout Offaly and beyond. For nearly 50 years we have advised our clients on all kinds of legal issues concerning their individual, family, farming and business affairs. We offer a comprehensive and first class legal service from our offices in Birr with a specialist expertise in Residential and Commercial Conveyancing, Land and Agricultural Law; Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning; Probate Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation and Divorce and Legal Separation.
The firm is managed by principal solicitor Ken Enright. The team includes professionals with expertise in a variety of legal fields. Alison Enright is a barrister-at-law who specializes in personal injury and family law litigation. Experienced solicitor Lucy Harnett works primarily in the area of wills, succession law and the administration of estates.
Our considerable experience and professional qualifications are complemented by our practical know-how, our long-established and ever-growing network of contacts with various state agencies, administrative organisations and other professionals and consultants and, most of all, our eagerness to innovate and keep up to date with the latest developments in our numerous fields of expertise.
The firm is managed by principal solicitor Ken Enright. The team includes professionals with expertise in a variety of legal fields. Alison Enright is a barrister-at-law who specializes in personal injury and family law litigation. Experienced solicitor Lucy Harnett works primarily in the area of wills, succession law and the administration of estates.
Our considerable experience and professional qualifications are complemented by our practical know-how, our long-established and ever-growing network of contacts with various state agencies, administrative organisations and other professionals and consultants and, most of all, our eagerness to innovate and keep up to date with the latest developments in our numerous fields of expertise.
Specialist Legal Services in Birr
Offaly Renewable Energy Solicitors
Latest News: April 2021
Wind and Solar Developments in Offaly
Bord na Mona is proposing to develop a new wind farm in Lemanaghan Bog in north west Offaly near Ballycumber, Ferbane and Pollough.
It is early days yet, and the number and location of the turbines have yet to be determined but the company intends to host online information clinics later in the year.
The proposed location of the windfarm is outlined in blue on the map below. See Ken Enright's blog for further details.
It is early days yet, and the number and location of the turbines have yet to be determined but the company intends to host online information clinics later in the year.
The proposed location of the windfarm is outlined in blue on the map below. See Ken Enright's blog for further details.
Bord na Mona is at a rather more advanced stage with two other windfarm developments in Offaly.
Derrinlough Windfarm is currently at planning stage. The company is looking for permission to construct 21 wind turbines with a proposed overall blade tip height of 185 metres and a proposed MEC - or Maximum Export Capacity (in other words, the maximum capacity that can be sent to the Electricity Distribution System) - of 85MW.
Cloncreen Windfarm - located between Clonbullogue, Rhode and Edenderry - is under construction. It will have 21 turbines with a proposed overall blade tip height of 170 metres.
Derrinlough Windfarm is currently at planning stage. The company is looking for permission to construct 21 wind turbines with a proposed overall blade tip height of 185 metres and a proposed MEC - or Maximum Export Capacity (in other words, the maximum capacity that can be sent to the Electricity Distribution System) - of 85MW.
Cloncreen Windfarm - located between Clonbullogue, Rhode and Edenderry - is under construction. It will have 21 turbines with a proposed overall blade tip height of 170 metres.
Meanwhile, a decision from Offaly County Council is expected by the end of April on the plans for the development of Ballyteige Solar Farm, a proposed Solar PV Energy development on a 60 hectare site about 5 kilometres west of Tullamore, in the townlands of Ballteige and Colehill, close to Ballinagar.
The proposed developers are Renewable Energy Systems Limited (RES).
The project is expected to run across 16 fields of pasture land will consist of photovoltaic panels mounted on metal frames, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing, access gates and 81 CCTV cameras.
According to the planning documents submitted, the panels will not exceed 3 metres in height and will have a non-reflective surface that removes any unwanted reflection or glare. There will be 11 invertors/transformer units to enable connection with the national grid.
The proposed developers are Renewable Energy Systems Limited (RES).
The project is expected to run across 16 fields of pasture land will consist of photovoltaic panels mounted on metal frames, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing, access gates and 81 CCTV cameras.
According to the planning documents submitted, the panels will not exceed 3 metres in height and will have a non-reflective surface that removes any unwanted reflection or glare. There will be 11 invertors/transformer units to enable connection with the national grid.
Ken Enright, principal solicitor in Thomas W Enright Solicitors, provides expert advice based on more than a decade long experience acting on behalf of farmers in connection with wind farm option agreements and leases. His expertise in managing all the legal aspects of renewable energy deals has broadened in the last number of years to include advising farmers on solar developments, including on tax and succession aspects.
Birr Personal Injury Solicitors
Latest Personal Injury Awards: April 2021
Court approves settlement for child anxious after crash: €25,000
A three-year-old girl, anxious about Santa Claus not making it to her home after she had been involved in a car accident, was offered €25,000 damages for psychiatric injuries, a judge heard today. Judge James McCourt approved the settlement offer to now six-year-old Missy Elliott, by the insurers of Denis Osula, who rear-ended the Elliott family car at Ballymun Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 three years ago... (Irish Examiner)
Garda awarded €12,000 after injury from colleague's tie-pin
A garda, whose forearm was injured by a colleague’s tie pin as she assisted him in breaking up a fight, has been awarded €12,000 damages in a Garda compensation hearing in the High Court. Barrister Maria Lane, counsel for Garda Nadine Keane said that as she helped another garda restrain two men involved in a fight outside Ennis Courthouse, her colleague’s tie pin caught her right forearm and caused her a serious injury...(Irish Times)
Settlement for €80,000 after bookcase in creche falls on child
A child left with a scar on his scalp after a bookcase he was trying to climb in his crèche fell on top of him has secured €80,000 under a settlement of his High Court action...(Irish Examiner)
A three-year-old girl, anxious about Santa Claus not making it to her home after she had been involved in a car accident, was offered €25,000 damages for psychiatric injuries, a judge heard today. Judge James McCourt approved the settlement offer to now six-year-old Missy Elliott, by the insurers of Denis Osula, who rear-ended the Elliott family car at Ballymun Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 three years ago... (Irish Examiner)
Garda awarded €12,000 after injury from colleague's tie-pin
A garda, whose forearm was injured by a colleague’s tie pin as she assisted him in breaking up a fight, has been awarded €12,000 damages in a Garda compensation hearing in the High Court. Barrister Maria Lane, counsel for Garda Nadine Keane said that as she helped another garda restrain two men involved in a fight outside Ennis Courthouse, her colleague’s tie pin caught her right forearm and caused her a serious injury...(Irish Times)
Settlement for €80,000 after bookcase in creche falls on child
A child left with a scar on his scalp after a bookcase he was trying to climb in his crèche fell on top of him has secured €80,000 under a settlement of his High Court action...(Irish Examiner)
Blog
Member of the Law Society of Ireland
|
Ken Enright,
Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Thomas W Enright Solicitors, John's Place, Birr, County Offaly, R42 EP98, Ireland
|
Notary Public
|