The policy paper reveals that Ireland currently has no marshalling ports fully equipped to handle large-scale offshore wind projects.

Wind Energy Ireland chief executive Noel Cunniffe has said the Government needs to act during a ‘decisive window’.

Orsted will become a 50 per cent partner in a series of offshore wind development projects off Ireland's coast

The Government aims to generate 80 per cent of the State's electricity from renewable sources by 2030

Three of the planned wind farms will be off the coast near Drogheda and Dublin, while the fourth will be off the Co Galway coast

The group believes the updated plan is too “conservative”

Simply Blue said it remains 'fully focused' on developing the two projects off the coast of Cork and Clare