Save Aughinish Bay from the development of a 26 acre Aquaculture Farm: A developer has applied for a Foreshore License to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (REF: T08/115A) to construct a 26 ACRE AQUACULTURE FARM in Aughinish Bay with access from Geeha South. The final date for receipt of letters of objection is the 9th March 2024.

Aughinish Bay is a highly sensitive ecosystem protected as a ‘Special Area of Conservation’, a ‘Special Protection Area’ and a ‘European Natura 2000’ site.

There will be a Community MeetingonFriday 1^st March at 8.30pm at Seamount Community College. Minister of State Anne Rabbitte, and other elected representatives will be in attendance.

We have prepared letters you can use to make an objection. Email us at aughinishcommunitygroup@gmail.com for a copy. Alternatively pick up and return a signed letter to the Kinvara Community Centre (9.30-11.30 Mon-Fri), and we will post it on your behalf.

The Aughinish Bay Community Group is made up of concerned residents, friends and farmers living in Aughinish Bay and the wider area who have come together to stop the development of an Aquaculture Farm in Aughinish Bay, located in the heart of the Burren, Co. Galway.