Minister ratifies power station retrofit

MINISTER for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources, Dermot Ahern, has approved a €368m investment by the ESB in an environmental retrofit project at the Moneypoint power station in Co Clare.

The move secures 270 jobs well into the future and ensures Ireland conforms to the new EU regulations on environmental pollution.

Moneypoint is coal-fired and is a high polluter by modern standards of power generating stations.