Energy

Eamon Ryan rejects ‘inaccurate’ claims he is blocking floating offshore wind development

Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers claimed the Green Party leader is delaying floating offshore wind opportunities on the west coast

Eamon Ryan was launching the government’s new long-term policy framework for offshore wind on Wednesday. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Eamon Ryan has hit back at claims by Lisa Chambers, the Fianna Fáil senator, that he is frustrating the development of the floating offshore wind industry because of a “Dublin-centric” worldview.

The minister for environment was responding to an interview published in the Irish Independent earlier this week with Chambers, who is running in the European Parliament elections for the Midlands North West. Chambers said Ryan and his party were “getting green wrong” and that ...