Minister Noonan acknowledges that Marine Protected Area legislation is ‘nowhere near coming to fruition’. But with our seas inadequately protected, government appears to have no qualms about supporting developer-led plans for coastal wind farm development on some of the most ecologically rich areas of the foreshore – some of which were selected for protection years ago. Why the inaction?
Flossie Donnelly from Dun Laoghaire at a protest led by Fair Seas outside Leinster House highlighting a lack of progress on the vital Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Bill.
Photograph: © Gareth Chaney