31/05/2026
🚨 LOOK AT THIS MAP 🚨
Every marker represents an existing or proposed wind farm in Ireland- and this isn't even the full picture... 🤯
⚠️ In 2019, draft Wind Energy Development Guidelines were published which included stronger noise protections for communities, which would have been consistent with the WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines.(2018)
⚠️ In 2021, Eamon Ryan wrote to Darragh O'Brien seeking a move away from that approach after a Government-commissioned spatial study found that WHO 2018 would significantly reduce the amount of land available for wind farm development - making 2030 onshore wind targets impossible to achieve.
The guidelines were reopened.
Then, in March this year, Micheál Martin stated that publishing the long-awaited guidelines would restrict onshore wind development.
That tells you everything.
❓❓ So the HEALTH of rural Ireland is expected to be sacrificed in order to meet a 2030 onshore wind target?
Really?
Look at this map again.
If Micheál Martin and Darragh O'Brien get their way, this is only the beginning.
☘️ The Ireland we know today could be transformed into an industrial energy landscape within a generation.
⛔ Rural communities should not be sacrificed to facilitate an endless rollout of wind farms across Ireland.
📢 Share if you believe enough is enough.
