Belfast the only Irish harbour capable of supporting offshore wind farm

'Offshore wind presents a huge opportunity for us to create sustainable employment opportunities along the Irish coastline.'

Only Belfast Harbour is currently suitable to support the construction of an offshore wind farm, showing the "urgent" need to bolster other ports to take advantage of the coming renewable energy revolution.

That is according to the industry lobby group Wind Energy Ireland, which said Irish ports could see investment opportunities lost to other countries if they were not supported to make infrastructural improvements.