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Plans for the Rooaunalaghta Green Energy Project on the Mayo-Galway border are facing escalating local opposition. Residents have raised serious concerns that the large-scale development is being advanced within the Joyce Country & Western Lakes UNESCO Global Geopark. The communities in South Mayo and North Galway are eager to stress that they are not opposed to renewable energy in principle. Instead, they believe industrial-scale wind turbines are entirely inappropriate for a landscape that is recognised globally for its geological, environmental, cultural, and tourism significance.

Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark in north Galway and south Mayo has been granted UNESCO Global Geopark status at the 10th UNESCO Global Geoparks Council meeting in Temuco, Chile, a major step towards securing this highly prized international designation.