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A new report led by a collaboration of regional stakeholders identifies an unprecedented opportunity for the Atlantic Region in the Growth of Onshore to Offshore Wind. The study was commissioned by the Mid-West, North-West and West Regional Enterprise Offices and funded by the Enterprise Ireland Regional Enterprise Transition Scheme, Clare County Council, Donegal County Council, Leitrim County Council, Limerick County Council, Mayo County Council, Tipperary County Council and the Western Development Commission.

A consignment of massive wind turbine blades which arrived in the city’s port will this week be transported in the dark of night across Quincentenary Bridge and onwards to their eventual site in Connemara.

A consignment of massive wind turbine blades arrived in the city’s port this week and will be transported in the dark of night across Quincentenary Bridge and onwards to their eventual site in Connerama.

Some of the biggest players in the renewable energy industry will be in the city today (Thursday) for a major conference on the importance of the industry to the region throughout this century.

Some of the biggest players in the renewable energy industry will be in the city today (Thursday) for a major conference on the importance of the industry to the region throughout this century.

The importance of the potential of the wind energy industry to Galway and the west will be underlined next week when Taoiseach Micheal Martin will address a major conference being held in the city to explore the benefits of an industry that could create 3,000 jobs locally over the next decade.

It is quite ironic that for a city so perched on the western edge of Europe that in economic terms we have spent such little time in actually looking out to sea. Perhaps back in the Middle Ages, when the city was accessed easier by the water, we looked out to sea for protective reasons, to ward off any dangers that might come in on the overnight tide.

The importance of the potential of the wind energy industry to Galway and the west will be underlined next week when Taoiseach Micheal Martin will address a major conference being held in the city to explore the benefits of an industry that could create 3,000 jobs locally over the next decade.

A variation to the County Development Plan which would place certain limits on windfarm development in Westmeath has been unanimously approved by councillors.