No. Our well justified fear is that important functioning marine and coastal ecosystems will be destroyed as a result of Ireland’s lax permitting regime for offshore wind. This, combined with the government’s inordinate delay in putting in place protection for marine habitats and species (Marine Protected Areas), and our awareness of how critically important it is to preserve and restore these ecosystems to avoid biodiversity loss and help to mitigate climate change, is why we have initiated the Blue Ireland campaign.

We are fully supportive of the development of offshore renewables when developments are appropriately sited and managed under a modern, democratic, ecosystem-based marine planning regime.