Policy context of asset sales

More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes because of some of the worst flooding for years in Ireland.

THERE was warm welcome for the announcement by Energy Minister Eamon Ryan that householders and farmers will be paid by the Electricity Supply Board for any surplus electricity that they generate from wind turbines, photovoltaic panels or other alternative energy source.

BORD Gáis has launched a major offensive to lure households away from the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) by entering the residential electricity business with a promise to undercut its rival for at least three years.

Up to 7,000 homes across Ireland were still without power today as storms caused widespread damage and claimed the life of a woman whose car was hit by a falling tree.

Ireland will have a nuclear power plant within 25 years, according to Pádraig McManus, chief executive of the Electricity Supply Board.

Gardaí have recovered an explosive device and shotgun cartridges at an electricity sub-station in Greenfort Gardens, Ronanstown, Dublin.

PARENTS of young children have been warned about the dangers of unsecured television sets after a spate of tragic accidents.

THE Government has unveiled plans to build a high-voltage interconnector with Britain, it emerged yesterday.

The question of who exactly is going to benefit from the break-up of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has not been answered to anyone’s satisfaction.

THE Government should put its money where its mouth is and tell consumers when their electricity bills will fall and by how much, a consumer champion said yesterday.

UNIONS at the Electricity Supply Board were today due to meet management to discuss their fears over a planned new power station at Aghada, Co Cork.

GET out the winter woolies and store up on candles, because it could be a cold, dark Christmas.

Consumer protection should undergo a radical change with the introduction next year of the new National Consumer Agency (NCA), which is due to have significant powers in line with a bill just published by Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin.

Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) pledged to shake up the Irish banking market today after announcing plans to roll out a chain of high street branches.

The Electricity Supply Board tonight defended the 2.5% increase in electricity bills to be introduced next year.

A father-of-three, who worked with the Electricity Supply Board for over 30-years, died from exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard tonight.

More than 60,000 Irish homes were without power today after a night of heavy storms with winds reaching speeds of up to 80 mph.

More than 1,000 people gathered for a funeral today – just hours after a freak electricity accident claimed the lives of two men at the wake.

Conor Keane, Business Correspondent

AN ORGANISATION nobody knows has just blown a hole in the future of wind energy in this country.

Tony Donnelly has been appointed as deputy chief executive of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB).

The Electricity Supply Board is to net a major profit increase this year.

The Electricity Supply Board is issuing a major warning to farmers.

The everyday world of electric cookers and showers and storage heating was today finally opened up for the 85 residents of an off-shore Mayo island.

The National Grid tonight called for urgent action to head off a shortage of electricity over the next five years.

MEASURING contributions to society is like counting hairs on a wriggling cat very hard to know which end to start from and not a precise process no matter where you begin.

The ground-breaking venture to generate electricity in Ireland 75 years ago today took its historic place among international engineering feats like the Eiffel Tower and the Panama Canal.