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Ireland’s onshore wind sector is “trapped in an eternal Groundhog Day,” according to the Irish Wind Farmers’ Association (IWFA), which has warned that persistent delays in the planning system are jeopardising the State’s 2030 renewable energy targets.

Ports such as Galway and Ros an Mhíl need to be developed quickly if the country is to meet offshore wind energy targets, a study by Wind Energy Ireland revealed yesterday.

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has said that as the economy gradually reopens and restrictions ease, decades of chronic underinvestment in key infrastructure including transport, is threatening to undermine the prospects for economic recovery.