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

The largest onshore windfarm in Ireland is out of action due to a grid cable outage. The problem at the 60-turbine Oweninny Wind Farm in North Mayo began a number of weeks ago.

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